The Bellamy Trial
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Monta Bell
Cast: Leatrice Joy [Sue Ives], Betty Bronson [a reporter], Edward J. Nugent [a reporter], George Berraud [Pat Ives], Margaret Livingston [Mimi Bellamy], Kenneth Thomson [Stephen Ballamy], Margaret Seddon [Mother Ives], Charles Middleton [the district attorney], Charles Hill Mailes [the defense attorney], William H. Tooker [Judge Carver], Cosmo Kyrle Bellew, Robert Dudley, Jacqueline Gadsden, Jack Raymond, Polly Ann Young
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Harry Rapf. Scenario by Monta Bell and Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnham), from a novel by Frances Noyes Hart. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Costume design by Gilbert Clark. Cinematography by Arthur C. Miller. Film editor, Frank Sullivan. Intertitles written by Joseph Farnham. / Released 23 January 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Print exists [last two reels only].
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Crime: Murder - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 8 August 2023.
References: Brownlow-Parade p. 214; Drew-Speaking pp. 83, 276; Everson-Detective p. 51; Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 192 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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