The Love Racket

This article is about the 1929 film. For the 1943 musical, see The Love Racket (musical).

The Love Racket is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) 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.^[1][2] The film is now considered lost.^[3][4]

The Love Racket
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
Release date	December 8, 1929 (1929-12-08) (United States)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Because You Belong To Me" which was composed by Felix Bernard, Stanley F. Weiner and J. Warren Morse.

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)