Say It with Songs
4.9
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
18 people
Al Jolson
Joe Lane
Known for
The Jazz Singer
Davey Lee
Little Pal
Also in
Skin Deep
Sonny Boy
Marian Nixon
Katherine Lane
Also in
The Pay-Off
Hands Up!
Holmes Herbert
Dr. Robert Merrill
Known for
The Invisible Man
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Kenneth Thomson
Arthur Phillips
Also in
Movie Crazy
White Gold
Fred Kohler
Fred, Joe's Cellmate
Known for
Underworld
The Iron Horse
Frank Campeau
Officer
Also in
3 Bad Men
When the Clouds Roll By
John Bowers
Dr. Burnes, surgeon
Also in
The Ace of Hearts
The Sky Pilot
Ernest Hilliard
Radio Station Employee
Also in
The Matinee Idol
The Soul of a Monster
Arthur Hoyt
Mr. Jones
Known for
It Happened One Night
The Lost World
Claude Payton
Judge
Also in
The Son of Kong
The Soul of Youth
Jay Berger
Schoolboy
Also in
Moby Dick
Lloyd Bacon Director · Harvey Gates Screenplay Dave Dreyer Composer
Worldwide gross $2.3M · Budget $470K · United States release August 5, 1929
Box office
Budget
$470,000
Worldwide gross
$2,266,000
Gross vs. budget
4.8×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 5, 1929
Theatrical
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