Oh, Kay! (1928)
63 mins | Romantic comedy | 26 August 1928
Cast:
Colleen Moore, Lawrence Gray, Alan Hale [ More ]Director:
Mervyn LeRoyWriters:
Carey Wilson, Elsie JanisCinematographer:
Sid HickoxEditor:
Paul WeatherwaxProduction Company:
First National Pictures, Inc.According to copyright records, this film was seven reels in length and the title was Oh Kay! without a comma. The Var review lists the film's title without any punctuation.
The 31 Oct 1927 FD announced that First National Pictures, Inc. purchased film rights to the 1926 book and stage musical, Oh, Kay! by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Howard Dietz. Colleen Moore was set to star in the adaptation. Three months later, the 26 Jan 1928 issue named Mervyn LeRoy as the director.
The 12 May 1928 Motion Picture News reported that production was expected to begin after Moore returned from a Hawaiian vacation in mid-May 1928, and listed a 26 Aug 1928 release date.
On 16 Jun 1928, Motion Picture News indicated that production had recently begun at the First National Studios in Burbank, CA.
According to the 14 Jul 1928 Motion Picture News, principal photography was completed on 8 Jul 1928. The 11 Jul 1928 Var reported that the company had filmed exteriors on a beach in Santa Barbara, CA, where several hundred square feet of sand had been painted yellow to reduce the sun's glare.
The 27 Feb 1928 FD and the 25 Jul 1928 Var added Sam Hardy, John Northpole, Jack Wise, and Jack Herrick to the cast, and the 3 Jun 1928 FD listed Rollie Asher as a comedy writer. Although the 18 Jul 1928 Exhibitors Daily Review stated that George Marion, Jr. would write the ...
According to copyright records, this film was seven reels in length and the title was Oh Kay! without a comma. The Var review lists the film's title without any punctuation.
The 31 Oct 1927 FD announced that First National Pictures, Inc. purchased film rights to the 1926 book and stage musical, Oh, Kay! by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Howard Dietz. Colleen Moore was set to star in the adaptation. Three months later, the 26 Jan 1928 issue named Mervyn LeRoy as the director.
The 12 May 1928 Motion Picture News reported that production was expected to begin after Moore returned from a Hawaiian vacation in mid-May 1928, and listed a 26 Aug 1928 release date.
On 16 Jun 1928, Motion Picture News indicated that production had recently begun at the First National Studios in Burbank, CA.
According to the 14 Jul 1928 Motion Picture News, principal photography was completed on 8 Jul 1928. The 11 Jul 1928 Var reported that the company had filmed exteriors on a beach in Santa Barbara, CA, where several hundred square feet of sand had been painted yellow to reduce the sun's glare.
The 27 Feb 1928 FD and the 25 Jul 1928 Var added Sam Hardy, John Northpole, Jack Wise, and Jack Herrick to the cast, and the 3 Jun 1928 FD listed Rollie Asher as a comedy writer. Although the 18 Jul 1928 Exhibitors Daily Review stated that George Marion, Jr. would write the titles, onscreen credit went to P. G. Wodehouse.
The 26 Jul 1928 Exhibitors Daily Review reported that the picture was currently "in the cutting room."
The 28 Jul 1928 Motion Picture News confirmed a national release date of 26 Aug 1928, which appeared to be the date of the Los Angeles, CA, opening at Loew's State Theatre, as indicated in the 1 Sep 1928 issue.
Oh, Kay! opened in New York City on 25 Aug 1928, at the Mark Strand Theatre, according to the 29 Aug 1928 Var review, which deemed the picture a "mild comedy" with "no howl but enough snickers to see it through."
On the eve of her wedding to the insipid Lord Braggot, Lady Kay Rutfield seeks solace in a solitary sail on her sloop. A storm blows up, and Kay is rescued by a passing rumrunner bound for the United States. The ship anchors in Long Island Sound, and Kay makes her escape, taking refuge in the deserted mansion of wealthy Jimmy Winter. That evening, Jimmy, who is to be wed on the following day, returns home unexpectedly, and Kay (in order to elude a detective named Jansen, who has mistaken her for a bootlegger) persuades him to let her pose for a night as his wife. Shorty, a bootlegger, has hidden some hooch in the basement and, to protect it, passes himself off as the new butler. The night of the following day finds Jimmy and Kay engaged, and Shorty long gone with his illegal ...
On the eve of her wedding to the insipid Lord Braggot, Lady Kay Rutfield seeks solace in a solitary sail on her sloop. A storm blows up, and Kay is rescued by a passing rumrunner bound for the United States. The ship anchors in Long Island Sound, and Kay makes her escape, taking refuge in the deserted mansion of wealthy Jimmy Winter. That evening, Jimmy, who is to be wed on the following day, returns home unexpectedly, and Kay (in order to elude a detective named Jansen, who has mistaken her for a bootlegger) persuades him to let her pose for a night as his wife. Shorty, a bootlegger, has hidden some hooch in the basement and, to protect it, passes himself off as the new butler. The night of the following day finds Jimmy and Kay engaged, and Shorty long gone with his illegal swill.
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