The Donovan Affair
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The Donovan Affair | |
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Directed by | Frank Capra |
Produced by | Harry Cohn |
Written by | Owen Davis (play) Howard J. Green (screenplay) Dorothy Howell (screenplay) |
Starring | Jack Holt Dorothy Revier William Collier Jr. |
Cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff |
Edited by | Arthur Roberts |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Donovan Affair is a 1929 American Pre-Code comedic murder-mystery film directed by Frank Capra. It was produced by Harry Cohn for Columbia Pictures. Its original soundtrack, recorded on soundtrack discs, has been lost, although it has been recreated for live performances.[1]
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Plot
After the lights go out at a fancy party, Jack Donovan (John Roche) turns up dead. Inspector Killian (Jack Holt) is called to the scene. As part of the investigation, he calls for a re-enactment of the events leading up to the murder. The lights go out, and another person turns up dead. Inspector Killian again calls for a re-enactment.[2][3]
Cast
- Jack Holt as Inspector Killian
- Dorothy Revier as Jean Rankin
- William Collier Jr. as Cornish
- Agnes Ayres as Lydia Rankin
- John Roche as Jack Donovan
- Fred Kelsey as Carney
- Hank Mann as Dr. Lindsey
- Wheeler Oakman as Porter
- Virginia Brown Faire as Mary Mills
- Alphonse Ethier as Captain Peter Rankin
- Edward Hearn as Nelson
- Ethel Wales as Mrs. Lindsey
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Categories:
- 1929 films
- English-language films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- Columbia Pictures films
- 1920s comedy films
- Films directed by Frank Capra
- 1920s mystery films
- American comedy films
- American mystery films
- Films made before the MPAA Production Code
- 1920s comedy film stubs
- Pages with broken file links
- Mystery film stubs