The Studio Murder Mystery
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 6070 feet
Directed by Frank Tuttle
Cast: Doris Hill [Helen MacDonald], Neil Hamilton [Tony White], Fredric March [Dick Hardell], Warner Oland [Borka], Guy Oliver [MacDonald], Florence Eldridge [Blanche Hardell], Chester Conklin [George], Donald MacKenzie [Captain Coffin], Eugene Pallette [Lieutenant Dirk], Jack Luden [Bob], Gardner Jones [Ted MacDonald], E.H. Calvert [Goff], Lane Chandler [Bill Martin], Lawford Davidson [Al Hemming], Mary Foy [Miss O’Brien]
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / From the novel The Studio Murder Mystery by A. Channing Edington and Carmen Ballen Edington. Cinematography by Victor Milner. Film editor, Merrill White. / © 31 May 1929 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [LP436]. Released 1 June 1929. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version in five reels (at 5020 feet) by Paramount Pictures Corporation in 1929. / Full-sound film.
Drama: Mystery.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 23 November 2011.
References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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