The Shady Lady
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| The Shady Lady | |
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| Directed by | Edward H. Griffith |
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| Produced by | Ralph Block |
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| Cinematography | John J. Mescall |
| Edited by | Doane Harrison |
Production company | Pathé Exchange |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date | December 16, 1928 |
Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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The Shady Lady is a 1928 American drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Phyllis Haver, Robert Armstrong and Louis Wolheim.[1] It was made as a part-talkie during the transition from silent to sound film.
Synopsis
An innocent woman is unjustly mixed-up in a murder case in New York and flees to Havana where she is widely known as the "Shady Lady". In Cuba she becomes mixed up with a gang of gunrunners.
Cast
- Phyllis Haver as Lola Mantell
- Robert Armstrong as Blake
- Louis Wolheim as Professor Holbrook
- Russell Gleason as Haley
- Jim Farley
- Joyzelle Joyner
Critical reception
A review in Harrison's Reports said that the film was a good story, keeping the viewer's interest throughout, with "pretty tense suspense" in its second half.[2] It added, "The manner by which the different threads of the story are interwoven in the closing scenes is intelligent, and satisfies the discriminating spectator."[2] The review praised Haver, Armstrong, and Wolheim for their work.[2]
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