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Say It with Songs

Aug 5, 1929 · 1h 35m
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Joe Lane, radio entertainer and songwriter, learns that the manager of the studio, Arthur Phillips, has made improper advances to his wife, Katherine. Infuriated, Lane engages him in a fight, and the encounter results in Phillips' accidental death. Joe goes to prison for a few years, and when he is released he visits his son, Little Pal, at school and is begged by him to run away together.

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CAST

Al Jolson
Joe Lane
Davey Lee
Little Pal
Marian Nixon
Katherine Lane
Holmes Herbert
Dr. Robert Merrill
Kenneth Thomson
Arthur Phillips
Fred Kohler
Fred, Joe's Cellmate
Frank Campeau
Officer
John Bowers
Dr. Burnes, surgeon
Directed by Lloyd Bacon

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$470,000
Revenue
$2,266,000
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Country
US

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