The Carnation Kid (1929)
- Directed by
- Leslie Pearce, E. Mason Hopper
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 10.0 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 man gets mixed up with a woman and a criminal past in a late silent era crime drama. The story follows his attempts to escape trouble and find a new life.
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What happens
The Carnation Kid is a 1929 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and Leslie Pearce and written by Alfred A. Cohn, Arthur Huffsmith, and Henry McCarty. 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 Douglas MacLean, Frances Lee, William B. Davidson, Lorraine MacLean, Charles Hill Mailes, and Francis McDonald. The film was released on March 2, 1929, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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