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Making the Grade (1929)

Making the Grade poster
Directed by
Alfred Edward Green
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a pre-code comedy from 1929 about a young man and woman who get into amusing situations. It has talking sequences with a musical score and sound effects.

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What happens

Making the Grade is a 1929 sound part-talkie American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Movietone sound-on-film system. The film stars Lois Moran, Edmund Lowe and Lucien Littlefield. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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