Big Time (1929)
85 mins | Melodrama | 29 September 1929
Cast:
Lee Tracy, Mae Clarke, Daphne Pollard [ More ]Director:
Kenneth HawksWriters:
Sidney Lanfield, Maude FultonCinematographer:
L. William O'ConnellEditor:
Al De GaetanoProduction Company:
Fox Film Corp.Broadway actor Lee Tracy was in Hollywood, ready to start shooting his first talking picture, the 16 June 1929 Film Daily reported. Actually, Big Time was the first credited film appearance for him and costar Mae Clarke, who would both go on to long movie careers. According to a studio production chart in the 24 August 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World, filming began 8 July 1929 at the Hollywood Fox Studios.
Big Time was released as both an "All Dialogue" picture and a silent film. The sound version opened in New York City at the Roxy Theater on Broadway; it netted $103,792 its first week, according to the 21 September 1929 Motion Picture News. It opened in Los Angeles at the Loew's State Theater at 703 South Broadway.
According to the November 1929 Photoplay, "Dialogue is bright and natural, background realistic, and the players are so spontaneous they managed to make the story convincing." The National Board of Review Review deemed Big Time: "For family audience, including young people."
The sound version of Big Time was given a length of 7,815 feet in the 15 September 1929 Film Daily, and 7,004 feet (and 77 minutes) in the 14 September 1929 Harrison's Report.
Big Time is extant. ...
Broadway actor Lee Tracy was in Hollywood, ready to start shooting his first talking picture, the 16 June 1929 Film Daily reported. Actually, Big Time was the first credited film appearance for him and costar Mae Clarke, who would both go on to long movie careers. According to a studio production chart in the 24 August 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World, filming began 8 July 1929 at the Hollywood Fox Studios.
Big Time was released as both an "All Dialogue" picture and a silent film. The sound version opened in New York City at the Roxy Theater on Broadway; it netted $103,792 its first week, according to the 21 September 1929 Motion Picture News. It opened in Los Angeles at the Loew's State Theater at 703 South Broadway.
According to the November 1929 Photoplay, "Dialogue is bright and natural, background realistic, and the players are so spontaneous they managed to make the story convincing." The National Board of Review Review deemed Big Time: "For family audience, including young people."
The sound version of Big Time was given a length of 7,815 feet in the 15 September 1929 Film Daily, and 7,004 feet (and 77 minutes) in the 14 September 1929 Harrison's Report.
Big Time is extant.
The vaudeville husband-and-wife team of comic Eddie Burns and singer Lily Clark breaks up when he brings a schemer named Gloria into the act while Lily is having a baby. The self-centered Eddie tumbles into a spiral as his act goes from bad to worse, while, on her own, Lily becomes a motion picture star under another name. Eddie eventually hops a freight to Hollywood, where he gets into one of Lily's pictures as an extra without realizing who she is. They reunite, and he meets his four-year-old son for the first ...
The vaudeville husband-and-wife team of comic Eddie Burns and singer Lily Clark breaks up when he brings a schemer named Gloria into the act while Lily is having a baby. The self-centered Eddie tumbles into a spiral as his act goes from bad to worse, while, on her own, Lily becomes a motion picture star under another name. Eddie eventually hops a freight to Hollywood, where he gets into one of Lily's pictures as an extra without realizing who she is. They reunite, and he meets his four-year-old son for the first time.
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