The Spieler

StarringCinematographyArthur C. MillerEdited byDoane HarrisonMusic byJosiah ZuroDistributed byPathé Exchange62 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English intertitles

The Spieler is a 1928 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Alan Hale, Clyde Cook and Renée Adorée.^[1] While the film had a few sequences with audible dialog, the majority of the film featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell.

Plot

Cast

• Alan Hale as Flash
• Clyde Cook as Luke aka 'Perfesser' McIntosh
• Renée Adorée as Cleo d'Alzelle
• Fred Kohler as Red Moon
• Fred Warren as The Baker
• James Quinn as The Rabbit
• Kewpie Morgan as Butch
• Billie Latimer as Bearded Lady

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Your Heart Looks Into Mine." Josiah Zuro arranged and directed the recording session for the soundtrack.

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• The Spieler at IMDb
• The Spieler is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive