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Interference
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Ten reels
Directed by Roy J. Pomeroy + [Lothar Mendes]
Cast: Evelyn Brent [Deborah Kane], Clive Brook [Sir John Marlay], Doris Kenyon [Faith Marlay], William Powell [Philip Voaze], Tom Ricketts [Charles Smith], Brandon Hurst [Inspector Haynes], Louis Payne [Childers], Wilfred Noy [Doctor Gray], Donald Stuart [Freddie], Raymond Lawrence [a reporter], Clyde Cook [the hearse driver], Doro Merande [Deborah’s maid], Daniel Frohman [himself], [?] Ruth Chatterton?
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount All Talking Picture]. / Associate producer, J.G. Bachmann. Screenplay by Louise Long, with dialogue by Ernest Pascal, from the adaptation by Hope Loring of a play by Roland Pertwee and Harold Dearden. Costume design by Travis Banton. Costume jeweller, Eugene Joseff. Cinematography by Henry W. Gerrard and J. Roy Hunt. [?] Stills photography and/or special cinematography? by Farciot Edouart. Chief recording engineer, Franklin Hansen. Recording engineer, Albert DeSart (Albert W. Desart). Film editor, George Nichols Jr. Intertitles written by Julian Johnson. Original music by W. Franke Harling. Musical director, Nat W. Finston. Music conductor, Joseph Kaestner. Assistant conductor, Max Terr. / Premiered 5 November 1928 in Los Angeles, California. Premiered 15 November 1928 at the Criterion Theatre in New York, New York. Released December 1928. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound version) and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent version)? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Originally shot and completed in seven reels by Mendes as a silent film, a full-sound Movietone version was reshot under the supervision of Pomeroy (all dialogue scenes) and released in 1928. Both silent and sound versions were appearently released. The film was Paramount’s first all-talking sound film. Powell’s 35th film. [?] Website-IMDb credits Farciot Edouart and J. Roy Hunt with the cinematography (one version or another?). / Full-sound film.
Drama: Crime.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 5 January 2025.
References: Brownlow-Parade p. 574; Everson-American p. 310x; Everson-Detective p. 52; Mandelbaum-Screen p. 41; Quirk-Powell pp. 9, 22, 92-94; Sweeney-Coming pp. 141, 144 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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