Speakeasy (1929)

[ethanedwards]

SPEAKEASY

DIRECTED BY BENJAMIN STOLOFF
FOX FILM CORPORATION



Information From IMDb

Plot Summary
Newspaper staffer Alice Woods persuades the editor to allow her to chase a story, that of prizefight contender Martin, who is about to fight for the championship. However, he does not know that his manager is preparing to double-cross him.
Written by Jim Beaver

Full Cast
Paul Page ... Paul Martin
Lola Lane ... Alice Woods
Henry B. Walthall ... Piano Player
Helen Ware ... Min
Sharon Lynn ... Mazie
Warren Hymer ... Cannon Delmont
Stuart Erwin ... Cy Williams
James Guilfoyle ... Davey
Erville Alderson ... City Editor
Joseph Cawthorn ... Yokel
Ivan Linow ... Wrestler
Marjorie Beebe ... Speakeasy Patron
Sailor Vincent ... Speakeasy Patron
Helen Lynch ... Speakeasy Patron
John Wayne(Duke Morrison) ... Extra (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Frederick Hazlitt Brennan adaptation
Edwin J. Burke adaptation and dialogue (as Edwin Burke)
Edward Knoblock play
George Rosener play

Cinematography
Joseph A. Valentine

Other crew
William Fox .... presenter

Trivia
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.

All film elements to this movie are considered lost.
But Vitaphone-style discs of the soundtrack survive

This early movie which uses intercuts from
Movietone news, is another movie where
Duke is mentioned as being involved.


Filming Locations
Unknown

[ethanedwards]

Speakeasy (1929) was an early talking sports drama film directed by Benjamin Stoloff
and adapted by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and Edwin J. Burke.
The picture was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation.
Lola Lane and Paul Page played the lead roles.
John Wayne, age 22, had a minor role in the film.

All film elements to this movie are considered lost.
But Vitaphone-style discs of the soundtrack survive

This early movie which uses intercuts from
Movietone news, is another movie where
Duke is mentioned as being involved.

The is a reference in a 64 page,
John Wayne Biography published in 1979
said this

The Fox Publicity Department,
then went to work on him (Duke)

In an obscure biography dated July 8 1930,
'John Wayne's... total picture experience
(was) as a grip, and later as a prop boy at the
Fox Studio, on such productions as
Mother Macree, Four Sons and
Speakeasy

This is the ony known source of information of
Duke being involved with this movie.

True or not, we will know in time,
but for now, still part of Duke's Filmography

User Review

The 22 Year Old John Wayne
23 September 2003 | by The-Lonely-Londoner (London, England)

There was definitely something to be said about the young John Wayne.
Whatever you may think about 19th century American history,
he embodies the recreation (and reinvention) of the American west on screen.
No matter how far removed the myth is from reality,
he made entertaining viewing in almost all of his films.