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The Million Dollar Collar (1929)

The Million Dollar Collar poster
Directed by
D. Ross Lederman
Genre
silent film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 02m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A crime story from the early sound era where a man gets involved in a stolen collar scheme. The film mixes spoken dialogue with silent intertitles and has a synchronized score.

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What happens

The Million Dollar Collar is a 1929 American sound part-talkie crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman. 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 Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film is in unknown status which suggests that it may be lost. According to Warner Bros. records, this film, which cost $62,000 to make, earned $222,000 domestically and $90,000 foreign. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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