| The Love Racket | |
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| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
| Written by | Adele Comandini John F. Goodrich |
| Based on | The Woman on the Jury by Bernard K. Burns |
| Starring | Dorothy Mackaill |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | John Rawlins |
| Music by | Cecil Copping Alois Reiser |
| Production company | First National Pictures |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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| Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Love Racket is a 1929 American early sound crime drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was directed by William A. Seiter and starred Dorothy Mackaill. It is based on a Broadway play, The Woman on the Jury by Bernard K. Burns, and is a remake of a 1924 silent film of the same name which starred Bessie Love. The film is now considered lost.
Myrtle Stedman reprises her role from the 1924 silent version in this film.
Cast
- Dorothy Mackaill as Betty Brown
- Sidney Blackmer as Fred Masters
- Edmund Burns as George Wayne
- Myrtle Stedman as Marion Masters
- Edwards Davis as Judge Davis
- Webster Campbell as Prosecuting Attorney
- Clarence Burton as Defense Attorney
- Alice Day as Grace Pierce
- Edith Yorke as Mrs. Pierce
- Martha Mattox as Mrs. Slade
- Tom Mahoney as Detective McGuire
- Jack Curtis as John Gerrity
See also
References
- 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. 460. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- The Woman on the Jury as produced on Broadway at the Eltinge 42nd Street theatre, August 15, 1923; IBDb.com
- The Love Racket at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures (1929)
- The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Love Racket
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- Sound film remakes of silent films
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- 1920s American films
- 1920s English-language films
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