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Melody Lane (1929 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Memory Lane' is a 1929 black and white American musical film. It is an adaption to the play 'The Understander', written by Jo Swerling.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=10712 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:'..Melody Lane'][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MelodyLane1929.html 'Melody Lane' at silentera.com]
Cast
*Eddie Leonard - Des Dupree
*Josephine Dunn - Dolores Dupree
*Rose Coe - Constance Dupree
*George E. Stone - Danny
*Huntley Gordon - Rinaldi
*Jane La Verne - Constance Dupree
*Blanche Carter - Nurse
*Jake Kern - Orchestra Leader
*Monte Carter - Stage Manager
Soundtrack
* ', 1929'"ROLY BOLY EYES"'
:Written by Eddie Leonard
:Performed by Eddie Leonard
* '"THE SONG OF THE ISLANDS"'
:Written by Charles E. King
* '"Here I Am"'
:Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
:Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.
* '"There's Sugar-Cane Around My Door"'
:Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
:Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.
* '"The Bogey-Man Is Here"'
:Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
:Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.
* '"Beautiful"'
:Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
:Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.
Status
The Film is now incomplete, with a 16mm copy of the last reel of the sound version, an incomplete print of the silent version (5 of the 6 reels) is also in the Library of Congress. An incomplete soundtrack (reels 1,3,5,6,7 and 8 of 8) also survives in the hands of a private collector.
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