Film

Say It with Songs

1929 · 1h 35m · Music

IMDb

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.

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

Ernest Hilliard

Radio Station Employee

Arthur Hoyt

Mr. Jones

Claude Payton

Judge

Jay Berger

Schoolboy

Flora Finch

Radio station beauty expert

Mickey Martin

Schoolboy

Irvine Penvose

Schoolboy

Buddy Smith

Schoolboy

• Lloyd BaconDirector
• Harvey GatesScreenplay · Story
• Lee GarmesDirector of Photography
• Billy RoseOriginal Music Composer
• Dave DreyerOriginal Music Composer
• Owen MarksEditor

Release date

August 5, 1929

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 35m

Budget

$470,000

Revenue

$2,266,000

Genres

Music

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