The Cop
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Directed byDonald Crisp
Written byElliott J. Clawson
Tay Garnett
John W. Krafft
Produced byRalph Block
StarringWilliam Boyd
CinematographyArthur C. Miller
Production
company
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • August 20, 1928 (1928-08-20)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Cop is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Donald Crisp. Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared. While the sound version 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. At the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930, Elliott J. Clawson was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay).[1] Prints of the film exist in several film archives including the Library of Congress.[2][3][4]

Cast

Music

The sound version of the film included a theme song entitled “Always The Same, Sweet Pal” which was composed by Charles Weinberg and Billy Stone.

References

  1. ^ "The 2nd Academy Awards (1930) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  2. ^ "The Cop". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  3. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.35 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
  4. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Cop at silentera.com

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