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                  Anita Page, William Haines (center) and John Miljan. 
                  Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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            Speedway 
            (1929) United States of America 
            B&W : Eight reels / [?] 6962 or 7075? feet 
            Directed by Harry Beaumont
            Cast: William Haines [Bill Whipple], Anita Page [Patricia], Ernest Torrence [Jim McDonald], Karl Dane [Dugan], John Miljan [Lee Renny], Eugenie Besserer [Mrs. MacDonald], Polly Moran [a waitress] 
            Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production, in cooperation with the Indiana Speedway Association; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Screenplay by Byron Morgan, Alfred Block and Ann Price, from a screen story by Byron Morgan. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Costume design by David Cox. Cinematography by Henry Sharp. Film editor, George Hively. Intertitles written by Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnham). / © 9 September 1929 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation [LP664]. Released 7 September 1929. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound version) and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent version). Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation in 1929. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects. 
            Drama: Action. 
            Survival status: Print exists. 
            Current rights holder: Public domain [USA]. 
            Keywords: Synchronized sound film 
            Listing updated: 31 January 2025. 
            References: Website-AFI. 
            Home video: DVD. 
            
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