The Shady Lady
- Garrett Graham
- Edward H. Griffith
- Jack Jungmeyer
- Jack Jungmeyer
- Leonard Praskins
- Richard L. Thorpe
- Phyllis Haver
- Robert Armstrong
- Louis Wolheim
company
- December 16, 1928 (1928-12-16)
- Sound (Part-talkie)
- English Intertitles
The Shady Lady is a 1928 sound part-talkie American drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Phyllis Haver, Robert Armstrong and Louis Wolheim.[1] Although the film featured a few sequences with audible dialogue, the majority of the film had a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The film was released in both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film format.
Synopsis
An innocent woman is unjustly mixed-up in a murder case in New York and flees to Havana where she is widely known as the "Shady Lady". In Cuba she becomes mixed up with a gang of gunrunners.
Cast
- Phyllis Haver as Lola Mantell
- Robert Armstrong as Blake
- Louis Wolheim as Professor Holbrook
- Russell Gleason as Haley
- Jim Farley
- Joyzelle Joyner
Music
The film featured a theme song entitled "Shady Lady" which was composed by Howard E. Johnson, Francis Gromon, Jack Grun and Josiah Zuro.
Critical reception
A review in Harrison's Reports said that the film was a good story, keeping the viewer's interest throughout, with "pretty tense suspense" in its second half.[2] It added, "The manner by which the different threads of the story are interwoven in the closing scenes is intelligent, and satisfies the discriminating spectator."[2] The review praised Haver, Armstrong, and Wolheim for their work.[2]
See also
- List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
References
- ^ Quinlan p.122
- ^ a b c "'The Shady Lady' (PT) -- with Phyllis Haver". Harrison's Reports. January 12, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
Bibliography
- Quinlan, David. The Illustrated Guide to Film Directors. Batsford, 1983.
External links
- The Shady Lady at IMDb
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