The Bachelor's Club (1929)

64 mins | Comedy | 5 January 1929

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HISTORY

The start of principal photography in San Mateo, CA, was announced in the 18 Aug 1928 Motion Picture News. William Jenner and Oscar A. Price were identified as executives for production company General Studio Corp. The original story was attributed to Anthony Coldewey, and Noel Mason was credited as director under his alias, Noel Smith. The picture was mentioned by its alternate title, The Bachelor Club, in the 23 Aug 1928 San Francisco Examiner. A news item in the 12 Sep 1928 Var included San Francisco, CA, theater critic Curran D. Swint among the cast.
       Articles in the 16 Feb 1929 Motion Picture News, the 20 Feb 1929 Var, and the 16 Apr 1929 Film Daily stated that the production company was also known as General Pictures Corp, with Oscar Price as president and Mack D. Weinberger as general manager. The film’s musical score was written and recorded by Erno Rapee and his “Roxy theatre orchestra,” using the Fox Movietone recording system, also known as “Fox-Case.” Motion Pictures Synchronization Service was credited with sound editing the Movietone version, and planned to issue a cue sheet for use with the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.
       On 19 Feb 1929, Film Daily reported that the feature was to be distributed in Japan by Tozai Eiga Co. It was scheduled to open later that year as the first sound film to be seen in that country. ...

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The start of principal photography in San Mateo, CA, was announced in the 18 Aug 1928 Motion Picture News. William Jenner and Oscar A. Price were identified as executives for production company General Studio Corp. The original story was attributed to Anthony Coldewey, and Noel Mason was credited as director under his alias, Noel Smith. The picture was mentioned by its alternate title, The Bachelor Club, in the 23 Aug 1928 San Francisco Examiner. A news item in the 12 Sep 1928 Var included San Francisco, CA, theater critic Curran D. Swint among the cast.
       Articles in the 16 Feb 1929 Motion Picture News, the 20 Feb 1929 Var, and the 16 Apr 1929 Film Daily stated that the production company was also known as General Pictures Corp, with Oscar Price as president and Mack D. Weinberger as general manager. The film’s musical score was written and recorded by Erno Rapee and his “Roxy theatre orchestra,” using the Fox Movietone recording system, also known as “Fox-Case.” Motion Pictures Synchronization Service was credited with sound editing the Movietone version, and planned to issue a cue sheet for use with the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.
       On 19 Feb 1929, Film Daily reported that the feature was to be distributed in Japan by Tozai Eiga Co. It was scheduled to open later that year as the first sound film to be seen in that country.

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GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
Bioscope
5 Jun 1929
p. 45
Exhibitors Herald-World
30 Mar 1929
p. 38
Film Daily
19 Feb 1929
p. 11
Film Daily
16 Apr 1929
p. 7
Film Daily Year Book
1929
p. 37
Motion Picture News
18 Aug 1928
p. 570
Motion Picture News
1 Dec 1928
p. 1684
Motion Picture News
16 Feb 1929
p. 495
San Francisco Examiner
23 Aug 1928
p. 11
Variety
12 Sep 1928
p. 38
Variety
20 Feb 1929
p. 10
Variety
4 Sep 1929
p. 24
CAST
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
Noel Mason
Dir
WRITERS
Titles
PHOTOGRAPHY
Dir of photog
Dir of photog
FILM EDITOR
Film ed
MUSIC
Mus comp
DETAILS
Alternate Title:
The Bachelor Club
Release Date:
5 January 1929
Production Date:
began Aug 1928
Physical Properties:
Silent with sound sequences
Mus score and sd eff; Fox Movietone
Black and White
Sound, also silent
Also si; 5,587 or 5,699 ft.
Duration(in mins):
64
Length(in feet):
6,022
Length(in reels):
6
Country:
United States
Language:
English
SYNOPSIS

Dick Butler is president of the Bachelor's Club, a society dedicated to avoiding marriage. When he falls in love and plans to marry Dot Arnold, his fellow bachelors decide to punish him. After being drugged at a party, Dick is taken to the room of a willing young woman named Gussie and is told the next morning that she is now his wife. He leaves hurriedly, wearing clothes belonging to Gussie's boyfriend, a jewel thief wanted by the police. Dick is mistaken for the crook but escapes arrest by jumping onto a ship. Dot boards the ship as well, hoping that the long voyage will erase the memory of her failed romance. By an odd twist of fate, Gussie and her boyfriend are also passengers. The thief continues his crime wave but is soon thwarted with the help of Dick and the U.S. Marines. After Gussie confirms that Dick is innocent, he and Dot reunite, looking forward to his retirement from the Bachelor's ...

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Dick Butler is president of the Bachelor's Club, a society dedicated to avoiding marriage. When he falls in love and plans to marry Dot Arnold, his fellow bachelors decide to punish him. After being drugged at a party, Dick is taken to the room of a willing young woman named Gussie and is told the next morning that she is now his wife. He leaves hurriedly, wearing clothes belonging to Gussie's boyfriend, a jewel thief wanted by the police. Dick is mistaken for the crook but escapes arrest by jumping onto a ship. Dot boards the ship as well, hoping that the long voyage will erase the memory of her failed romance. By an odd twist of fate, Gussie and her boyfriend are also passengers. The thief continues his crime wave but is soon thwarted with the help of Dick and the U.S. Marines. After Gussie confirms that Dick is innocent, he and Dot reunite, looking forward to his retirement from the Bachelor's Club.

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Partially Viewed
Offscreen Credit
Name Occurs Before Title
AFI Life Achievement Award

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