The Toilers is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Jobyna Ralston and directed by Reginald Barker. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The soundtrack was recorded using the Tiffany-Tone process using RCA Photophone equipment. The film is important historically as being Tiffany's first sound feature. In the film, Fairbanks plays one of the toilers (coal miners), while Ralston plays his sweetheart.[1][2]
| The Toilers | |
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| Directed by | Reginald Barker |
| Written by | Gordon Rigby (screenplay) Harry Braxton (titles) |
| Story by | Gordon Rigby |
| Produced by | John M. Stahl |
| Starring | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Jobyna Ralston |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Cast
edit- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Steve
- Jobyna Ralston as Mary
- Harvey Clark as Joe
- Wade Boteler as Toby
- Robert Ryan
Preservation status
edit- Copies of the film are held by several archives i.e., George Eastman House, BFI National Film and Television, Library of Congress, New Zealand Film Archive.[3]
See also
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- The Toilers at IMDb
- The Toilers at the TCM Movie Database
- The Toilers at AllMovie
- The Toilers at silentera.com
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