Trent's Last Case is a 1929 American sound part-talkie Pre-Code detective film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Raymond Griffith, Marceline Day, Raymond Hatton, and Donald Crisp. It was released by Fox Film Corporation. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Movietone sound-on-film system.[1]
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| Directed by | Howard Hawks |
| Written by | W. Scott Darling Malcolm Stuart Boylan Beulah Marie Dix |
| Based on | Trent's Last Case by E. C. Bentley |
| Produced by | William Fox Bertram Millhauser |
| Starring | Raymond Griffith Marceline Day Raymond Hatton Donald Crisp |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
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| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
The film is based on the 1913 novel Trent's Last Case by British writer E. C. Bentley. A previous version starring Clive Brook was filmed in the UK in 1920 and released by Stoll Film Company.
Premise
editA leading financier is found dead at his home, leading amateur detective Philip Trent to investigate the case.
Cast
edit- Raymond Griffith as Philip Trent
- Marceline Day as Evelyn Manderson
- Raymond Hatton as Joshua Cupples
- Donald Crisp as Sigsbee Manderson
- Lawrence Gray as Jack Marlowe
- Nicholas Soussanin as Martin
- Anita Garvin as Ottilie Dunois
- Edgar Kennedy as Inspector Murch
Preservation status
editAccording to Silent Era, a print exists.[2] An incomplete print is held by the Library of Congress.[3][4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ BFI Database
- ^ SilentEra entry
- ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Trent's Last Case
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.189 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
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