Music · United States of America · 1929 · 1h 35m

Say It with Songs

Say It with Songs poster
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Cast
Al Jolson as Joe Lane Davey Lee as Little Pal Marian Nixon as Katherine Lane Holmes Herbert as Dr. Robert Merrill Kenneth Thomson as Arthur Phillips Fred Kohler as Fred, Joe's Cellmate
Crew
Lee Garmes — Director of Photography Owen Marks — Editor Billy Rose — Original Music Composer Dave Dreyer — Original Music Composer Harvey Gates — Screenplay Harvey Gates — Story
Synopsis

Joe Lane, radio entertainer and songwriter, learns that the manager of the studio, Arthur Phillips, has made improper advances to his wife, Katherine. Infuriated, Lane engages him in a fight, and the encounter results in Phillips' accidental death. Joe goes to prison for a few years, and when he is released he visits his son, Little Pal, at school and is begged by him to run away together.

Mood & Themes
musical
Key Collaborators
Lloyd Bacon Director Lee Garmes Director of Photography Owen Marks Editor Billy Rose Original Music Composer Dave Dreyer Original Music Composer Harvey Gates Screenplay Harvey Gates Story
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