The Lion and the Mouse
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Directed byLloyd Bacon
Written byCharles Klein (play)
Robert Lord (screenplay)
James A. Starr (intertitles)
StarringMay McAvoy
Lionel Barrymore
CinematographyNorbert Brodine
Edited byHarold McCord
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • May 21, 1928 (1928-05-21)
Running time
7 reels (sound version)
8 reels (silent version)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English Intertitles
Budget$113,000[1]
Box office$969,000[1]

The Lion and the Mouse (1928) is a sound part-talkie drama film produced by Warner Bros., directed by Lloyd Bacon, and based on the 1905 play by Charles Klein.[2] In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film marks the first time Lionel Barrymore, who was on loan out from MGM, spoke from the screen.

Plot

Judge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him, unaware that a smaller company in which he owns considerable stock has been subsumed by the larger firm, thus creating appearance of a conflict of interests. When one of the Judge's enemies plots to ruin the Judge over this apparent improper behavior, Judge Ross's daughter Shirley sets out to prove her father's innocence.

Cast

Cast notes

Box Office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $869,000 domestically and $100,000 foreign.[1]

Preservation status

The movie survives in 35 mm at the Library of Congress and 16 mm at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[3][4][5][6][7] The soundtrack on Vitaphone discs partially survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 6 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ^ The Lion and the Mouse as produced on Broadway several times from 1905-1907
  3. ^ The Lion and the Mouse at silentera.com
  4. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  5. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Lion and the Mouse
  6. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress p.104 by The American Film Institute, c.1978
  7. ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Lion and the Mouse
  8. ^ The Lion and the Mouse in UCLA Library

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Films directed by Lloyd Bacon
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