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Red Hot Rhythm
(1929) United States of America
Color/B&W : Nine reels / 6175 feet
Directed by Leo McCarey

Cast: Alan Hale [Walter], Kathryn Crawford [Mary], Walter O’Keefe [Sam], Josephine Dunn [Claire], Anita Garvin [Mable], Ilka Chase [Mrs. Fioretta], Ernest Hilliard [Eddie Graham], Harry Bowen [Whiffle], Jimmy Clemons (James Clemmons) [Singe], Betty Arthur

Pathé Exchange, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathépicture]. / Screenplay by Earl Baldwin and Walter De Leon, with dialogue by Earl Baldwin and Walter De Leon, from a screen story by William Conselman and Leo McCarey. Production supervision by William Conselman. Production management by Richard Blaydon. Art direction by Edward C. Jewell. Set dresser, Ted Dickson. Costume design by Gwen Wakeling. Assistant director, Paul Jones. Cinematography by John J. Mescall. Sound recording by Charles O’Laughlin and Ben Winkler. / © 27 December 1929 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP993]. Released 23 November 1929. / [?] Photophone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound version) and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent version). Technicolor two-strip color process sequences. RCA Photophone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version, (at 6981 feet), by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Full-sound film.

Comedy: Musical.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Color cinematography - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 31 January 2025.

References: Basten-Technicolor p. 170; Skretvedt-Magic p. 147 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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