Pay as You Enter is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Louise Fazenda, Clyde Cook and William Demarest.[2][3] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process.
Pay as You Enter | |
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Directed by | Lloyd Bacon |
Written by | Joseph Jackson Fred Stanley Darryl F. Zanuck |
Starring | Louise Fazenda Clyde Cook William Demarest |
Cinematography | Norbert Brodine |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Budget | $83,000[1] |
Box office | $139,000[1] |
Cast
edit- Louise Fazenda as Mary Smith
- Clyde Cook as Clyde Jones
- William Demarest as 'Terrible Bill' McGovern
- Myrna Loy as Yvonne De Russo
Box office
editAccording to Warner Bros records the film earned $101,000 domestic and $38,000 foreign.[1]
Preservation status
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 6 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ Leider, Emily W. Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood. University of California Press, 2011. p.319
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Pay as You Enter
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Pay as You Enter
- ^ Pay as You Enter at Lost Film Files:Warner Brothers lost films - 1928
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