The Awful Truth (1929 film)

For other uses, see The Awful Truth (disambiguation).

The Awful Truth
Ina Claire and Henry Daniell
Directed by	Marshall Neilan
Produced by	Maurice Revnes
Written by	Horace Jackson
Screenplay by	Arthur Richman
Based on	The Awful Truth by Arthur Richman
Starring	Ina Claire Henry Daniell
Cinematography	David Abel
Edited by	Frank E. Hull
Production company	Pathé Exchange
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release dates	August 10, 1929 (1929-08-10)
Running time	68 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English

The Awful Truth was a 1929 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film, distributed by Pathé Exchange, directed by Marshall Neilan, and starring Ina Claire and Henry Daniell. The screenplay was written by Horace Jackson and Arthur Richman, based on a play by Richman. Ina Claire starred in the original stage version on Broadway in 1922. The film is now considered lost.^[1]

Cast

Ina Claire as Lucy Warriner
Henry Daniell as Norman Warriner
Theodore von Eltz as Edgar Trent
Paul Harvey as Dan Leeson
Blanche Friderici as Mrs. Leeson
Judith Vosselli as Josephine Trent
John Roche as Jimmy Kempster

Other versions

There were two film versions of the original play on which the 1929 film was based: a 1925 silent version with Agnes Ayres and Warner Baxter; and the best-known version, made in 1937 and starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. The play was remade unsuccessfully in color as the musical Let's Do It Again (1953), starring Jane Wyman and Ray Milland.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ The Awful Truth details, silentera.com; accessed April 26, 2016.
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
↑ The Awful Truth as produced on Broadway at Henry Miller's Theatre, September 18, 1922 thru January 1923; IBDb.com

External links

The Awful Truth at the Internet Movie Database
The Awful Truth at AllMovie

Films directed by Marshall Neilan

The Bottle Imp (1917)
The Silent Partner (1917)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
The Little Princess (1917)
Stella Maris (1918)
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918)
M'Liss (1918)
Hit-The-Trail Holliday (1918)
Heart of the Wilds (1918)
Out of a Clear Sky (1918)
Three Men and a Girl (1919)
The Unpardonable Sin (1919)
Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
In Old Kentucky (1919)
Dinty (1920)
Bits of Life (1921)
The Lotus Eater (1921)
Minnie (1922)
The Eternal Three (1923)
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1924)
The Sporting Venus (1925)
The Great Love (1925)
The Skyrocket (1926)
Mike (1926)
Diplomacy (1926)
Everybody's Acting (1926)
Venus of Venice (1927)
Her Wild Oat (1927)
Take Me Home (1928)
Taxi 13 (1928)
Three-Ring Marriage (1928)
The Awful Truth (1929)
Tanned Legs (1929) (*uncredited)
The Vagabond Lover (1929)
Sweethearts on Parade (1930)
Forever Yours (1930)
Ex-Sweeties (1931) (*short)
Catch-As Catch-Can (1931) (*short)
War Mamas (1931) (*short)
Social Register (1934)
Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934)
The Lemon Drop Kid (1934)
This Is the Life (1935)
Sing While You're Able (1937)
Swing It Professor (1937)
Thanks for Listening (1937)

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