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The Girl on the Barge
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7510 feet
Directed by Edward Sloman

Cast: Sally O’Neil [Erie McCadden], Jean Hersholt [Mr. McCadden], Malcolm McGregor [Fogarty], Morris McIntosh (Morris Mackintosh) [Huron McCadden], Nancy Kelly [Superior McCadden], George Offerman Jr. [Ontario McCadden], Henry West [the tug captain], J. Francis Robertson [an engineer]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Screenplay by Charles Kenyon, Nan Cochrane and Charles Henry Smith, from a screen story by Rupert Hughes. Cinematography by Jackson Rose. Film editor, Edward L. Cahn. Intertitles written by Tom Reed. / Released 3 February 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The silent version was released at 6908 feet in eight reels. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 64.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Alcohol: Drunkeness - Boat captains - Illiteracy - Synchronized sound film - Tugboats

Listing updated: 30 November 2009.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 64 : Website-IMDb.