Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928 film
- April 1, 1928 (1928-04-01)
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Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath is a 1928 American synchronized sound film. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film process. The film is important historically as the first sound feature to be released by First National Pictures. The film is a comedy and was directed by Edward F. Cline.[1][2] It is based on the 1920 play Ladies' Night by Charlton Andrews and Avery Hopwood. It was released on April 1, 1928 by First National Pictures.
Cast
- Dorothy Mackaill as Helen Slocum
- Jack Mulhall as "Speed" Dawson
- Sylvia Ashton as Ma Slocum
- James Finlayson as Pa Slocum
- Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Sweeney
- Harvey Clark as Mr. Spivens
- Reed Howes as Edwin Leroy
- Ethel Wales as Mrs. Spivens
- Fred Kelsey as Detective
- Andreva Nunée as Dancer (uncredited)
- Fred Toones as Barbershop Attendant (uncredited)
Music
The theme song was entitled “Girl of My Dreams,” with lyrics and music by Sunny Clapp.
Preservation
A copy of Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath is housed at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[3][4]
See also
- List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
References
- ^ "ACTOR LIFE READS LIKE ALGER TALE: Deno, Featured Dancer at Hillstreet, Italian Immigrant Years Ago". Los Angeles Times. March 11, 1928. p. C28.
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
- ^ American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath at silentera.com
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath.
- Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath at IMDb
- Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath at the TCM Movie Database
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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Films directed by Edward F. Cline
- Circus Days (1923)
- Three Ages (1923)
- Captain January (1924)
- Little Robinson Crusoe (1924)
- Along Came Ruth (1924)
- When a Man's a Man (1924)
- The Rag Man (1925)
- Old Clothes (1925)
- Let It Rain (1927)
- Soft Cushions (1927)
- Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928)
- Vamping Venus (1928)
- The Head Man (1928)
- The Crash (1928)
- Broadway Fever (1929)
- His Lucky Day (1929)
- The Forward Pass (1929)
- In the Next Room (1930)
- Sweet Mama (1930)
- Leathernecking (1930)
- The Widow from Chicago (1930)
- Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
- The Naughty Flirt (1931)
- Cracked Nuts (1931)
- The Girl Habit (1931)
- Million Dollar Legs (1932)
- Parole Girl (1933)
- So This Is Africa (1933)
- Fighting to Live (1934)
- Peck's Bad Boy (1934)
- The Dude Ranger (1934)
- When a Man's a Man (1935)
- The Cowboy Millionaire (1935)
- F-Man (1936)
- On Again-Off Again (1937)
- Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
- High Flyers (1937)
- Hawaii Calls (1938)
- Go Chase Yourself (1938)
- Breaking the Ice (1938)
- Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938)
- My Little Chickadee (1940)
- The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
- The Bank Dick (1940)
- Hello, Sucker (1941)
- Meet the Chump (1941)
- Cracked Nuts (1941)
- Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
- Private Snuffy Smith (1942)
- What's Cookin'? (1942)
- Private Buckaroo (1942)
- Give Out, Sisters (1942)
- Behind the Eight Ball (1942)
- He's My Guy (1943)
- Crazy House (1943)
- Swingtime Johnny (1943)
- Hat Check Honey (1944)
- Slightly Terrific (1944)
- Night Club Girl (1945)
- See My Lawyer (1945)
- Penthouse Rhythm (1945)
- Bringing Up Father (1946)
- Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1947)
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