From Headquarters (1929)
- Directed by
- Howard Bretherton
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A police detective investigates a murder case that leads him into danger. The film mixes silent intertitles with spoken dialogue and music.
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What happens
From Headquarters is a 1929 American sound part-talkie adventure drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Monte Blue, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Gladys Brockwell, Lionel Belmore, and Henry B. Walthall. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. According to the film review in Variety, 60 percent of the total running time featured dialogue. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on April 27, 1929. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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