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Matt Moore and Mary Pickford.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Coquette
Also known as Coquete in Brazil; Coqueta in Spain
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels
Directed by Sam Taylor
Cast: Mary Pickford [Norma Besant], John Mack Brown (Johnny Mack Brown) [Michael Jeffery], Matt Moore [Stanley Wentworth], John St. Polis [Doctor John M. Besant], William Janney [James Besant, his son], Henry Kolker [District Attorney Jasper Carter], George Irving [Robert Wentworth], Louise Beavers [Julia, the Besant maid]; Vera Lewis [Miss Jenkins], Craig Reynolds [a young man]
The Mary Pickford Company production; distributed by United Artists Corporation [A Sam Taylor Production; United Artists Picture]. / Produced by Sam Taylor + [Mary Pickford]. Screenplay by John Grey and Allen McNeil, with dialogue by Sam Taylor, from the play Coquette by George Abbott and Ann Preston Bridgers. Production management by Walter Mayo. Settings (set design) by William Cameron Menzies. Costume design by Howard Greer. Assistant director, Lucky Humberstone (H. Bruce Humberstone). Assistant dramatic director, Earle Browne. Photography (cinematography) by Karl Struss. Film editor, Barbara McLean. / © 30 March 1929 by The Mary Pickford Company [LP560]. Premiered 30 March 1929. General release, 6 April 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. / Pickford’s first talkie. Pickford won the Academy Award® for Actress. The film was released in Finland on 25 August 1930. / Full-sound film.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education film collection [35mm duplicate negative, 35mm duplicate positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 22 September 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Brownlow-Parade pp. 135, 234; Eyman-Pickford pp. 2, 333; Gallagher-Ford p. 66; Higashi-Virgins p. 52; Kerr-Silent p. 3; Shipman-Cinema p. 102; Sweeney-Coming pp. 134, 146; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 218, 255 : Website-IMDb; Website-Pickford.
Home video: DVD.
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