Fast Life (1929 film)

1929 film

  • Samuel Shipman
  • John B. Hymer
Produced byRichard A. RowlandStarringDouglas Fairbanks Jr.
Loretta Young
William Holden
Frank Sheridan
Chester Morris
Ray HallorCinematographyFaxon M. DeanEdited byRalph Holt
Production
company
First National Pictures
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • September 1, 1929 (1929-09-01)
Running time
80 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Fast Life is a 1929 American all-talking sound drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by John F. Goodrich. It is based on the 1928 play Fast Life by Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer. The film stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, William Holden, Frank Sheridan, Chester Morris and Ray Hallor. The film was released by Warner Bros. on September 1, 1929.[1][2][3]

Plot

A man is tried and convicted for the murder of a man who flirted with his wife and sentenced to death However, it turns out that he is innocent of the murder and that the real killer has close ties to a powerful politician.

Cast

  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Douglas Stratton
  • Loretta Young as Patricia Mason Stratton
  • William Holden as Governor
  • Frank Sheridan as Warden
  • Chester Morris as Paul Palmer
  • Ray Hallor as Rodney Hall
  • John St. Polis as Andrew Stratton
  • Purnell Pratt as Berton Hall

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Since I Found You" which was composed by Ray Perkins (music) and Herman Ruby (lyrics).

Preservation

  • This film is now lost.[4] Its Vitaphone soundtrack survives.

See also

  • List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

  1. ^ "Fast Life (1929) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Sandra Brennan. "Fast Life (1929) - John Francis Dillon". AllMovie. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "Fast Life". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  4. ^ Fast Life at silentera.com
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Films directed by John Francis Dillon
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1920s
1930s


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