The Awful Truth
Ina Claire and Henry Daniell
Directed by	Marshall Neilan
Written by	Horace Jackson
Screenplay by	Arthur Richman
Based on	The Awful Truth 1922 play by Arthur Richman
Produced by	Maurice Revnes
Starring	Ina Claire Henry Daniell
Cinematography	David Abel
Edited by	Frank E. Hull
Production company	Pathé Exchange
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	August 10, 1929 (1929-08-10)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Awful Truth is a 1929 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Ina Claire and Henry Daniell. It was distributed by Pathé Exchange. The screenplay was written by Horace Jackson and Arthur Richman, based on a play by Richman. Ina Claire starred in the original stage version on Broadway in 1922. The film is now considered lost.^[1]

Plot summary

Cast

• Ina Claire as Lucy Warriner
• Henry Daniell as Jerry Warriner
• Theodore von Eltz as Edgar Trent
• Paul Harvey as Dan Leeson
• Blanche Friderici as Mrs. Leeson
• Judith Vosselli as Josephine Trent
• John Roche as Jimmy Kempster

Other versions

There were two other film versions of the play on which the 1929 film was based: the 1925 silent version The Awful Truth with Agnes Ayres and Warner Baxter; and the 1937 film The Awful Truth starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. The play was also remade unsuccessfully in color as the musical Let's Do It Again (1953), starring Jane Wyman and Ray Milland.^[2][3]