Abie's Irish Rose (1928 film)
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Abie's Irish Rose is a 1928 early sound (part-talkie) film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Jean Hersholt, and J. Farrell MacDonald. 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 Western Electric sound-on-film system. The film based on the 1922 play Abie's Irish Rose by Anne Nichols.[2] The film was later remade in 1946. In the 1930s, author Nichols revealed that her deal with Paramount brought her $300,000 plus half the film's profits.[3]
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Directed by | Victor Fleming |
Written by | Jules Furthman Julian Johnson, Herman Mankiewicz (titles) |
Based on | Abie's Irish Rose by Anne Nichols |
Produced by | B. P. Schulberg |
Starring | Charles "Buddy" Rogers Nancy Carroll Jean Hersholt J. Farrell MacDonald |
Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
Edited by | Eda Warren |
Music by | J. S. Zamecnik |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 12 reels (10,471 feet) |
Country | United States |
Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English |
Box office | $1.5 million[1] |