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THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

Montana Moon (1930)

91 mins | Western, Musical comedy | 20 March 1930

Cast:

Joan Crawford, John Mack Brown , Dorothy Sebastian [ More ]

Director:

Malcolm St. Clair

Writers:

Sylvia Thalberg, Frank Butler

Cinematographer:

William Daniels

Editors:

Carl L. Pierson , Leslie F. Wilder

Production Designer:

Cedric Gibbons

Production Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
 (Loew's Inc.)
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SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
EHW
19 Apr 1930
p. 49
Film Daily
13 Apr 1930
p. 11
New York Times
14 Apr 1930
p. 24
Time
28 Apr 1930
p. 42
Variety
16 Apr 1930
p. 46
CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
Malcolm St. Clair
Dir
WRITERS
Sylvia Thalberg
Story
Frank Butler
Story
Sylvia Thalberg
Cont
Frank Butler
Cont
Joseph White Farnham
Joe Farnham
Dial
PHOTOGRAPHY
William Daniels
Dir of photog
ART DIRECTOR
Cedric Gibbons
Art dir
FILM EDITORS
Carl Pierson
Carl L. Pierson
Film ed
Leslie F. Wilder
Film ed
COSTUMES
Adrian
Gowns
SOUND
Paul Neal
Rec eng
Douglas Shearer
Rec eng
SOURCES
SONGS
"The Moon Is Low" and "Happy Cowboy," words by Arthur Freed, music by Nacio Herb Brown; "Montana Call," "Let Me Give You Love" and "Trailin' in Old Montana," words by Clifford Grey, music by Herbert Stothart.
SONGWRITERS/COMPOSERS
Clifford Grey
Herbert Stothart
Arthur Freed
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DETAILS
Release Date:
20 March 1930
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
17 March 1930
LP1147
Physical Properties:
Sound
Movietone
Black and White
Sound, also silent
Also si.
Duration(in mins):
91
Length(in feet):
7,917
Length(in reels):
10
Country:
United States
Language:
English
SYNOPSIS

Joan, a sophisticated society girl from the East, escapes from her father's train en route to his ranch and meets Larry, a typical western cowpoke, on the open range. Larry's stern yet gentle nature soon subdues her fiery manner, and they are married. Soon they discover themselves unable to adjust to Joan's ideas of eastern propriety; Jeff, a city slicker, arrives to threaten their relationship; but Larry disguises himself as a bandit and regains her ...

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Joan, a sophisticated society girl from the East, escapes from her father's train en route to his ranch and meets Larry, a typical western cowpoke, on the open range. Larry's stern yet gentle nature soon subdues her fiery manner, and they are married. Soon they discover themselves unable to adjust to Joan's ideas of eastern propriety; Jeff, a city slicker, arrives to threaten their relationship; but Larry disguises himself as a bandit and regains her affections.

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GENRE
Genres:
Western, Musical comedy


Subject
Subject (Major):
Courtship
Cowboys
Disguise
Marriage
Montana
Socialites

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