Two Sisters is a 1929 American sound drama film directed by Scott Pembroke and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is one of the last produced in the sound-on-film process Phonofilm.[1] 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 film is now considered to be lost.[2]
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| Directed by | Scott Pembroke |
| Written by | Arthur Hoerl Virginia Terhune Vandewater |
| Starring | Viola Dana Rex Lease |
| Cinematography | Hap Depew |
| Distributed by | Rayart Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Plot
editTwo twin sisters are causing confusion for a detective who is pursuing them. One sister is described as good, honest, and sweet, while the other has a tendency towards carrying guns and committing robberies. The detective is having trouble distinguishing between the two sisters and determining which one he is pursuing for what reason, as he has different motives for chasing each one.
Cast
edit- Viola Dana as Jean / Jane
- Rex Lease as Allan Rhodes
- Claire Du Brey as Rose
- Thomas G. Lingham as Jackson (credited as Tom Lingham)
- Irving Bacon as Chumley
- Thomas A. Curran as Judge Rhodes (credited as Tom Curran)
- Boris Karloff as Cecil
- Adeline Ashbury as Mrs. Rhodes
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ IMDB entry
- ^ "Two Sisters". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
External links
edit- Two Sisters at IMDb
- Two Sisters at AllMovie
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