The Whip (1928 film)
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Directed by | Charles Brabin |
Written by | Bernard McConville J. L. Campbell Dwinelle Benthall (titles) Rufus McCosh (titles) |
Based on | The Whip by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton |
Produced by | Richard Rowland |
Starring | Dorothy Mackaill Anna Q. Nilsson |
Cinematography | James Van Trees |
Edited by | George McGuire |
Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
The Whip is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Dorothy Mackaill. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. It was based on a 1912 play The Whip by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton and distributed by First National.[1] This sound film was released with a synchronized Vitaphone soundtrack of music and sound effects.[2] It is set in the horse racing world of England.
Cast
[edit]- Dorothy Mackaill as Lady Diana
- Ralph Forbes as Lord Brancaster
- Anna Q. Nilsson as Iris d'Aquila
- Lowell Sherman as Greville Sartoris
- Albert Gran as Sam Kelley
- Marc McDermott as Lord Beverly
- Louis Payne as Lambert
- Arthur Clayton as Richard Haslam
- Jack McDonald as Detective (uncredited)
Music
[edit]The film featured a theme song that was entitled "Just Because It's You" which was written by W. Franke Harling and Lou Klein.
Preservation status
[edit]The Whip survives in archives at Cineteca Italiana, Milan, and the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[3]
References
[edit]External links
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- 1928 films
- American silent feature films
- American films based on plays
- First National Pictures films
- Films directed by Charles Brabin
- American black-and-white films
- Films set in England
- American horse racing films
- 1928 drama films
- Silent American drama films
- 1920s American films
- Synchronized sound films
- 1920s silent drama film stubs