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The Hole in the Wall
(1929) United States of America
B&W : 65 minutes
Directed by Robert Florey
Cast: Claudette Colbert [Jean Oliver], David Newell [Gordon Grant], Nellie Savage (Nelly Savage) [Madame Mystera], Edward G. Robinson [‘The Fox’], Donald Meek [‘Goofy’], Alan Brooks [Jim], Louise Closser Hale [Mrs. Ramsey], Katherine Emmett (Katherine Emmet) [Mrs. Carslake], Marcia Kagno [Marcia], Barry McCollum (Barry Macollum) [‘Dogface’], George McQuarrie (George MacQuarrie) [Police Inspector Nichols], Helen Crane [Mrs. Lyons]
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount Picture]. / Produced by Monta Bell. Screenplay by Pierre Collings, from the play The Hole in the Wall by Fred Jackson (Frederick J. Jackson). Assistant director, Irving Rapper. Cinematography by George J. Folsey. Film editor, Morton Blumenstock. Music by Gerard Carbonara. Music arranger, W. Franke Harling. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound version), and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (sound version). Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Robinson’s first sound film. [?] Parish-Gangster p. 192 lists the film’s runtime as 73 minutes. / Full-sound film.
Drama: Crime.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Criminals - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 6 January 2025.
References: Film credits : Everson-American p. 339; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 67; Limbacher-Feature p. 110; Parish-Gangster pp. 3, 192; Vermilye-Twenties p. 31 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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