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Modern Love (1929)

Modern Love poster
Directed by
Arch Heath
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman navigate the ups and downs of a new romance. Misunderstandings and comedic mishaps keep them from being together.

lightheartedbreezydatedwhimsicalplayfulnostalgicchaoticsilly

What happens

Modern Love is a 1929 American sound part-talkie comedy film directed by Arch Heath and written by Albert DeMond and Beatrice Van. 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 Western Electric sound-on-film system. The film stars Charley Chase, Kathryn Crawford, Jean Hersholt, Edward Martindel, Anita Garvin and Betty Montgomery. The film was released on July 21, 1929, by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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