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Syncopation is a american film of genre Drama directed by Bert Glennon released in USA on 23 march 1929 with Barbara Bennett

Syncopation (1929)

Syncopation
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Released in USA 23 march 1929
Length 1h23
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Musical
Rating67% 3.3592753.3592753.3592753.3592753.359275

Syncopation is a 1929 American musical film directed by Bert Glennon and starring Barbara Bennett, Bobby Watson, and Ian Hunter, although top billing went to Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians.

This was the second film produced by RKO Radio Pictures, but the first released by the studio, as the company's first produced film, Street Girl, was not released until August 1929. The film was made at the company's New York City studios and is based on the novel Stepping High by Gene Markey. The film was heavily marketed on its release, being the first film to be broadcast over the radio, as well as being RKO's first sound musical, and was a significant success.

This film was the first made in the RCA Photophone sound-on-film process, and was an important test for Radio Corporation of America, which had invested heavily in the newly created RKO.

Synopsis

Benny and Flo are a husband and wife dance team, Sloane and Darrel, traveling around the country as part of a revue. The revue gets picked up and taken to New York City, to be on Broadway. However, it quickly folds, and the two are forced to look for other employment. They eventually find work in a nightclub, becoming famous.

Actors

Barbara Bennett

(Fleurette Sloane)
Ian Hunter

(Alexander Winston)
Osgood Perkins

(Hummel)
Mackenzie Ward

(Henry)
Verree Teasdale

(Rita Eliot)
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