The Shopworn Angel (1928 film)

The Shopworn Angel (1928 film)

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The Shopworn Angel
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Wallace
Written by	Howard Estabrook Albert S. LeVino Tom Miranda (intertitles)
Based on	short story "Private Pettigrew's Girl" (1918) by Dana Burnet
Starring	Nancy Carroll Gary Cooper
Music by	Ben Bergunker Andrea Setaro
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 29, 1928 (1928-12-29) (New York City) January 12, 1929 (1929-01-12) (U.S.)
Running time	80 minutes 7,112 feet (silent version) 7,377 feet (sound version)[1]
Country	United States
Language	English

The Shopworn Angel is a 1928 part-talking film from Paramount Pictures starring Nancy Carroll and Gary Cooper.^[2] The film was released in a silent version as well as a sound version using the Movietone sound-on-film system.^[3] This film was owned by Turner Entertainment and was distributed through Warner Bros.

Contents

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• 1 Cast
• 2 Sound
• 3 Preservation status
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Cast[edit]

• Nancy Carroll as Daisy Heath
• Gary Cooper as William Tyler
• Paul Lukas as Bailey
• Roscoe Karns as the dance director

Sound[edit]

This film was nearing completion when The Jazz Singer (1927) was released. Dialogue was written for Gary Cooper and Nancy Carroll to compete with "talking pictures". The last scene was a wedding and the only lines of dialogue spoken in the film are Cooper's "I do" and Carroll's "I do". In addition, Carroll is also heard singing the theme song.

Preservation status[edit]

This film survives in an incomplete form at the Library of Congress.

References[edit]

1. Jump up ^ The Shopworn Angel at SilentEra
2. Jump up ^ "The Shopworn Angel". AFI. afi.com. Retrieved 29 December 2015. 
3. Jump up ^ The Shopworn Angel at SilentEra

External links[edit]

• The Shopworn Angel on IMDb
• The Shopworn Angel at SilentEra

[hide] v t e Films directed by Richard Wallace

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