Queen of the Night Clubs
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Queen of the Night Clubs (1929
) is a sound (all-talking) musical-drama film produced and directed by Bryan Foy and distributed by Warner Brothers. It is now considered a lost film
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as "Texas Malone", a character obviously based upon herself. Guinan's pal George Raft
also appears in his first movie role. Queen of the Night Clubs was directed by Bryan Foy.
1929 in film
-Events:The days of the silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound is on.*January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona is released. The film is the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors....
) is a sound (all-talking) musical-drama film produced and directed by Bryan Foy and distributed by Warner Brothers. It is now considered a lost film
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
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Cast
- Texas GuinanTexas GuinanMary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan was an American saloon keeper, actress, and entrepreneur.-Early life:...
- Texas Malone - John DavidsonJohn Davidson (actor)John Davidson was an American film actor. He appeared in 148 films between 1915 and 1963.He was born in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
- Don Holland - Lila LeeLila LeeLila Lee was a prominent screen actress of the early silent film era.-Early life:Lila Lee was born Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel in Union Hill, New Jersey into a middle-class family of German immigrants who relocated to New York City when Lila was quite young...
- Bea Walters - Arthur HousmanArthur HousmanArthur Housman was an American actor in films during the Golden Age of Hollywood.-Career:Initially as a leading man, Housman later became known as Hollywood's most familiar comic drunkard in films of the 1930s, usually playing cameo parts in features but with better opportunities in short films...
- Andy Quinland - Eddie Foy Jr. - Eddie Parr
- Jack NorworthJack NorworthJack Norworth was a U.S. songwriter, singer and vaudeville performer.Norworth is credited as co-writer of a number of Tin Pan Alley hits. He wrote the lyrics of the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" in 1908, his most long lasting hit. But it wasn't until 1940 that he actually witnessed a Major...
- Phil Parr - George RaftGeorge RaftGeorge Raft was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s...
- Gigola - Jimmy Phillips - Nick
- William B. DavidsonWilliam B. DavidsonWilliam B. Davidson was an American film actor. He attended Columbia University where he played football. He became a popular football star. This fame eventually led to his foray into motion pictures after he had spent some time as a lawyer...
- Assistant District Attorney - John MiljanJohn MiljanJohn Miljan was an American actor of Serbian origin. He appeared in 201 films between 1924 and 1958.He died from cancer.-Selected filmography:* The Lone Chance * Silent Sanderson...
- Lawyer Grant - Lee ShumwayLee ShumwayLee Shumway , was an American actor. He appeared in 417 films between 1909 and 1953.He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Flame of Barbary Coast...
- Crandall - Joseph DepewJoseph DepewJoseph Depew was an American television director and producer and actor.-Career:Born in Harrison, New Jersey, Depew began his career as a child stage actor at the age of three. He was influenced by his mother, also a stage performer. He later worked as a second unit director or an assistant...
- Roy - Agnes Franey - Flapper
- Charlotte MerriamCharlotte Merriam-Silent film star:Born to an army colonel in Sheridan, Illinois, Merriam's film career began in 1919 with a role in The Flip of a Coin. She visited Universal Pictures that year and was offered a part in a comedy series starring Eddie Lyons and Leo Moran. Merriam accepted...
- Girl - James T. Mack - Judge
Production
The film starred the legendary bar hostess and silent film actress Texas GuinanTexas Guinan
Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan was an American saloon keeper, actress, and entrepreneur.-Early life:...
as "Texas Malone", a character obviously based upon herself. Guinan's pal George Raft
George Raft
George Raft was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s...
also appears in his first movie role. Queen of the Night Clubs was directed by Bryan Foy.
Preservation status
- No film elements are known to exist. The complete soundtrack, however, survives on VitaphoneVitaphoneVitaphone was a sound film process used on feature films and nearly 1,000 short subjects produced by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1930. Vitaphone was the last, but most successful, of the sound-on-disc processes...
disks. - A clip from this film featuring Guinan and Raft was incorporated into Winner Take AllWinner Take All (1932 film)Winner Take All is a 1932 film starring James Cagney, who had electrified the industry the previous year with his performances in The Public Enemy and Smart Money, as a boxer...
(1932), an early James CagneyJames CagneyJames Francis Cagney, Jr. was an American actor, first on stage, then in film, where he had his greatest impact. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys." In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth...
vehicle. - Brief footage of Guinan, yelling "Hello, suckers!" in a restaurant(or perhaps her actual club), appears in the 1980s HBOHome Box OfficeHBO, short for Home Box Office, is an American premium cable television network, owned by Time Warner. , HBO's programming reaches 28.2 million subscribers in the United States, making it the second largest premium network in America . In addition to its U.S...
series Remember When...1927 hosted by Dick CavettDick CavettRichard Alva "Dick" Cavett is a former American television talk show host known for his conversational style and in-depth discussion of issues...
. This documentary series had Cavett cover a given year out of each decade from 1917 to the 1969. Since this episode of Remember When was about 1927, the footage of Guinan could be newsreelNewsreelA newsreel was a form of short documentary film prevalent in the first half of the 20th century, regularly released in a public presentation place and containing filmed news stories and items of topical interest. It was a source of news, current affairs and entertainment for millions of moviegoers...
footage from 1927 or extant 1929 footage from Queen of the Night Clubs (aka the same footage put in Winner Take All).