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Small Talk
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Cast: Joe Cobb [Joe], Jean Darling [Jean], Allen Hoskins [Farina], Bobby Hutchins [Wheezer], Mary Ann Jackson [Mary Ann], Harry Spear [Harry], Lyle Tayo [Mrs. Brown, of the orphan asylum], Helen Jerome Eddy [Wheezer’s new mother], Pat Harmon [the policeman in charge], Charles McMurphy [a policeman], Symona Boniface [Miss Eddy’s friend], Mary Emery [Miss Eddy’s friend], Frona Hale [Miss Eddy’s friend], Viola Porter [Miss Eddy’s friend], Emmett King [the doctor], Edith Fortier [a maid], Emma Reed [a maid], Pete the dog [The Wonder Dog Pal]
Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Robert McGowan Production; A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Talking Picture]. / Produced by Hal Roach and Robert F. McGowan. Screenplay (dialogue) by H.M. Walker, from a screen story by Robert A. McGowan. Cinematography by Art Lloyd and F.E. Hershey. Film editor, Richard C. Currier. Presented by Hal Roach. / Released 18 May 1929. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was in production 25 March through 6 April 1929. The first Our Gang talkie. / Full-sound film.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists : The soundtrack discs are presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Children - Our Gang - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 31 January 2025.
References: Gulick-Rascals pp. 30, 78; Maltin-Selected pp. 22, 39; Skretvedt-Magic p. 161 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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