Words and Music
Studio: Fox Film Corporation
Starring: Lois Moran, Helen Twelvetrees, Frank Albertson
Director: James Tinling
Words and Music is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code musical comedy film directed by James Tinling and starring Lois Moran, Helen Twelvetrees and Frank Albertson. It was written by Andrew Bennison, with the story by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and Jack Edwards.
Trivia
- Many of Lois Moran's numbers were footage that was cut from the film, Fox Movietone Follies of 1929, to make that film shorter.
- Songs include, "Too Wonderful for Words" (William Kernell, Dave Stamper, Paul Gerard Smith, Edmund Joseph), "Stepping Along" (Kernell), "Shadows" (Con Conrad, Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler).
Previous Showings
5 Runs • 3 Festivals
1,147 tickets sold
Original Billings: 2 runs (September 22, 1929 - January 16, 1949)
Original Run: September 22 - 24, 1929 (Sunday - Tuesday)
All runs on record (5):
- September 22 - 24, 1929 (Sunday - Tuesday)Lois Moran
- January 16, 1949 (Sunday - Wednesday)Mickey Rooney, Tom Drake
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