Twin Beds (1929 film)
Twin Beds is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Alfred Santell and written by F. McGrew Willis. It is based on the 1914 play Twin Beds by Edward Salisbury Field and Margaret Mayo. The film stars Jack Mulhall, Patsy Ruth Miller, Edythe Chapman, Knute Erickson, Jocelyn Lee and Nita Martan. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 14, 1929.[1][2][3]
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Directed by | Alfred Santell |
Screenplay by | F. McGrew Willis |
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Starring | Jack Mulhall Patsy Ruth Miller Edythe Chapman Knute Erickson Jocelyn Lee Nita Martan |
Cinematography | Sol Polito |
Edited by | LeRoy Stone |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot
Elsie Dolan (Patsy Ruth Miller), accidentally finding herself in the office of songwriter Danny Brown (Jack Mulhall), achieves Broadway success with Danny's help. Marrying Danny out of gratitude, she is temporarily enchanted by her egotistical leading man Monty Solari (Armand Kaliz), leading to an evening of misunderstandings, door-slammings and hasty retreats under the bed when the very-married Solari wanders drunkenly into Danny and Elsie's apartment. Previously filmed in 1920, Twin Beds was memorably remade in 1942 with George Brent, Joan Bennett and Mischa Auer.
Cast
- Jack Mulhall as Danny Brown
- Patsy Ruth Miller as Elsie Dolan
- Edythe Chapman as Ma Dolan
- Knute Erickson as Pa Dolan
- Jocelyn Lee as Mazie Dolan
- Nita Martan as Bobby Dolan
- ZaSu Pitts as Tillie
- Armand Kaliz as Monty Solari
- Gertrude Astor as Mrs. Solari
- Carl M. Leviness as Jason Treejohn
- Alice Lake as Mrs. Treejohn
- Ben Hendricks Jr. as Pete Trapp
- Eddie Gribbon as Red Trapp
- Bert Roach as Edward J. Small
References
- "Twin Beds (1929) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- Hal Erickson. "Twin Beds (1929) - Alfred Santell". AllMovie. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- "Twin Beds". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2018-05-16.