Children of the Ritz is a 1929 sound drama film from First National Pictures. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The film stars Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall. The plot is based on a Cornell Woolrich story.

Children of the Ritz
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Directed byJohn Francis Dillon
CinematographyJames Van Trees
Edited byLeroy Stone
Production
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Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Release date
  • March 3, 1929 (1929-03-03)
Running time
7 reels (approximately 70 minutes)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles
"Children of the Ritz" ad in The Film Daily, 1929

Plot

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A spoiled rich girl falls for a poor chauffeur. Their situations are changed when her family loses all their money and he wins $50,000 at a racetrack. They get married, but it's not long before she starts spending their money the way she used to spend hers.

Cast

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Music

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The film featured a theme song entitled "Some Sweet Day" which was composed by Nat Shilkret and Lew Pollack.

Preservation status

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Two reels of the film survive at the Eye Filmmuseum archive with an estimated running time of sixteen minutes.

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