Caught in the Fog

Caught in the Fog
Directed by	Howard Bretherton
Written by	Charles R. Condon Joseph Jackson (titles)
Story by	Jerome Kingston
Starring	May McAvoy Conrad Nagel Mack Swain
Cinematography	Byron Haskin
Edited by	Ralph Dawson
Production company	Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	August 25, 1928 (1928-08-25)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles
Budget	$92,000[1]
Box office	$416,000[1]

Caught in the Fog is a 1928 American sound part-talkie thriller film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Charles R. Condon and Joseph Jackson. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film stars May McAvoy, Conrad Nagel and Mack Swain, and features Hugh Herbert, Charles K. Gerrard and Émile Chautard. The film was released by Warner Bros. on August 25, 1928.[2][3][4]

Plot

Cast

• May McAvoy as The Girl
• Conrad Nagel as Bob Vickers
• Mack Swain as Detective Ryan
• Hugh Herbert as Detective Riley
• Charles K. Gerrard as Crook
• Émile Chautard as The Old Man
• Ruth Cherrington as The Old Woman

Box office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $355,000 domestically and $61,000 internationally.[1]

Preservation

An incomplete 35mm copy of this film survives at the British Film Institute's National Film and Television Archive.[5]

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

1. Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 6 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
2. Hal Erickson (2016). "Caught-in-the-Fog - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
3. "Caught in the Fog (1928) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
4. "Caught in the Fog". Afi.com. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
5. "Caught In The Fog" at the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database

External links

• Caught in the Fog at IMDb