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Applause
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 7357 feet / 78 minutes
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Helen Morgan [Kitty Darling], Joan Peers [April Darling], Fuller Mellish Jr. [Hitch Nelson], Jack Cameron [Joe King], Henry Wadsworth [Tony], Dorothy Cumming [Mother Superior], Jack Singer [the agent]
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by [?] Jesse L. Lasky and/or Walter Wanger? Associate producer, Monta Bell. Screenplay by Garrett Fort, with dialogue by Garret Fort, from the novel Applause by Beth Brown. Song “What Wouldn’t I Do for That Man?” by E.Y. Harburg and Jay Gorney; song “Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula” by E. Ray Goetz, Joe Young and Pete Wendling; song “Give Your Little Baby Lots of Lovin’” by Dolly Morse and Joe Burke; song “I’ve Got a Feelin’ I’m Fallin’” by Billy Rose, Harry Link and Fats Waller. Cinematography by George Folsey. Sound recording engineer, Ernest F. Zatorsky. Film editor, John Bassler. / © 3 January 1930 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [LP969]. Premiered circa 7 October 1929 in New York, New York. General release, 30 August 1930. / [?] 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. / Working titles: Every Day is Sunday and Portrait. The production was shot at Paramount’s Astoria Studios on Long Island, New York. Mamoulian’s first film as director. Morgan’s film debut. The film was also released in the USA (at 6896 feet) by Paramount Pictures Corporation in 1930. / Full-sound film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 23 November 2011.
References: Baer-Film p. 11; Bohn-Light pp. 189, 190, 191, 219; Everson-American pp. 15, 338, 339, 343, 345-346; Everson-Detective p. 64; Leish-Cinema pp. 69-70; Limbacher-Feature p. 10; Maltin-Classic p. 26; Sarris-Sternberg p. 23; Shipman-Cinema p. 104; Sklar-Movie p. 177; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 251-253; Webb-Hollywood pp. 36, 77.
Home video: DVD.
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