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The Donovan Affair
Also known as {The Donovan’s Affair}
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7140 feet / 83 minutes
Directed by Frank R. Capra (Frank Capra)
Cast: Jack Holt [Inspector Killian], Dorothy Revier [Jean Rankin], Agnes Ayres [Lydia Rankin], William Collier Jr. [Cornish], Virginia Browne Faire [Mary Mills], Wheeler Oakman [Porter], John Roche [Jack Donovan], Hank Mann [Doctor Lindsey], Ethel Wales [Mrs. Lindsey], Fred Kelsey [Carney], Alphonse Ethier [Captain Peter Rankin], Edward Hearn [Nelson], John Wallace [Dobbs], Allan Cavan [gambler], Sherry Hall [gambler]
Columbia Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Harry Cohn. Screenplay by Dorothy Howell and Howard J. Green, with dialogue by Howard J. Green, from the play The Donovan Affair by Owen Davis. Art direction by Harrison Wiley. Assistant director, Tenny Wright. Cinematography by Teddy Tetzlaff (Ted Tetzlaff). Film editor, Arthur Roberts. Intertitles written by Howard J. Green. / © 10 May 1929 by Columbia Pictures Corporation [LP381]. Released 11 April 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / A silent version was also released in the USA in eight reels (at 7189 feet) by Columbia Pictures Corporation in 1929. / Full-sound film.
Drama: Mystery.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.1399.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Domestics: Butlers - Gamblers - Law: Enforcement: Police: Policemen - Philanderers - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 23 December 2009.
References: AFI-F2 n. F2.1399; McBride-Capra p. 724; Poague-Capra p. 237 : AmerCine-199510 p. 100; ClasIm-223 p. 58 : with additional information provided by Manish Patwari.
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