Excess Baggage
Directed byJames Cruze
Written byFrancis Marion
Ralph Spence (titles)
Screenplay byRalph Spence
Based onExcess Baggage
by John McGowan
Produced byJames Cruze
Julius Hagen
StarringWilliam Haines
Josephine Dunn
CinematographyIra H. Morgan
Edited byGeorge Hively
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • September 8, 1928 (1928-09-08) (United States)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
(English Intertitles)

Excess Baggage is a lost[1][2] 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by James Cruze and distributed by MGM. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film was based on the 1927 play of the same name by John McGowan.[3] The film starred William Haines, Josephine Dunn and Kathleen Clifford.[4][5][6]

Cast

Music

This film featured a theme song entitled "In A Little Hide-Away" which was composed by William Axt, David Mendoza and Howard Dietz.

See also

References

  1. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Excess Baggage
  2. ^ Excess Baggage at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Metro Goldwyn Mayer films - 1928 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ play version of Excess Baggage as presented on Broadway at the Ritz Theatre, December 1927-June1928; IBDb.com
  4. ^ White Munden, Kenneth (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 221. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
  5. ^ Excess Baggage at silentera.com
  6. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Excess Baggage

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