Love's Old Sweet Song (1923 film)

Love's Old Sweet Song
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Directed by	J. Searle Dawley
Written by	Augustus Bertilla Jacques Byrne
Produced by	Lee de Forest
Starring	Louis Wolheim Donald Gallaher Una Merkel
Cinematography	Freeman Harrison Owens
Music by	J.L. Molloy (song "Love's Old Sweet Song")
Production company	Norca Pictures
Distributed by	De Forest Phonofilm
Release date	February 1, 1923 (1923-02-01)
Running time	20 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Love's Old Sweet Song is a 1923 American two-reel short film made in the De Forest Phonofilm sound-on-film process. The film was directed by J. Searle Dawley and stars Louis Wolheim, Donald Gallaher, Ernest Hilliard, and Una Merkel in her film debut.

Cast

• Louis Wolheim as The Wanderer
• Helen Weir as Eunice
• Donald Gallaher as Charlie
• Ernest Hilliard as Mother
• Baby Margaret Brown as Babs
• Ernest Hilliard as Power
• Una Merkel

Production

This was one of the few two-reel films produced by Lee de Forest in Phonofilm due to problems with changeovers when the film was projected in theaters. In June 1923, de Forest and the film's cinematographer Freeman Harrison Owens became embroiled in a legal battle over the Phonofilm process and patents.[1]

See also

• Phonofilm
• Sound film
• Abraham Lincoln (1924 film short), another two-reel Phonofilm

References

1. "Love's Old Sweet Song (1923)". IMDb. Retrieved June 28, 2017.

External links

• Love's Old Sweet Song at IMDb
• Progressive Silent Film List: Love's Old Sweet Song at silentera.com