Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929 film)
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Directed by | Reginald Barker |
Produced by | Louis Sarecky |
Written by | Jane Murfin |
Based on | play by George M. Cohan adapted from novel by Earl Derr Biggers |
Starring | Richard Dix |
Cinematography | Edward Cronjager |
Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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Running time
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72 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $251,000[2] |
Box office | $517,000[2] |
Seven Keys to Baldpate is a 1930 sound film produced and distributed through RKO Pictures. It was the first sound film of the Earl Derr Biggers novel/ George M. Cohan play Seven Keys to Baldpate.[3][4] While the film had a premiere on Christmas Day, 1929, its official release was not until the following month.[5]
Contents
Cast
- Richard Dix - William Halliwell Magee
- Miriam Seegar - Mary Norton
- Margaret Livingston - Myra Thornhill
- Lucien Littlefield - Thomas Hayden
- Joseph Allen Sr. - Peters, the Hermit
- DeWitt Jennings - Mayor Jim Cargan
- Nella Walker - Mrs. Irene Rhodes
- Carleton Macy - Police Chief Kennedy
- Alan Roscoe - Bland
- Crauford Kent - Hal Bentley
- Harvey Clark - Elijah Quimby
- Edith Yorke - Mrs. Quimby
Reception
The film made a profit of $100,000.[2] The play was filmed several times by RKO.
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56
- ↑ Seven Keys to baldpate at silentera.com
- ↑ Seven Keys to Baldpate 1913 original and 1935 revival Broadway productions; IBDb.com
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Categories:
- 1929 films
- English-language films
- Films based on plays
- Films based on American novels
- Films directed by Reginald Barker
- RKO Pictures films
- 1920s mystery films
- Films based on adaptations
- American black-and-white films
- Films made before the MPAA Production Code
- American mystery films
- American films
- Pages with broken file links
- Mystery film stubs