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Weary River is a american film of genre Drama directed by Frank Lloyd released in USA on 10 february 1929 with Richard Barthelmess

Weary River (1929)

Weary River
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Released in USA 10 february 1929
Length 1h26
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating60% 3.0462853.0462853.0462853.0462853.046285

Weary River is a 1929 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, and William Holden. Produced by First National Pictures and distributed through Warner Brothers, the film is a part-talkie, part-silent hybrid made at the changeover from silent movies to sound movies. Based on a story by Courtney Riley Cooper, the film is about a gangster who goes to prison and finds salvation through music while serving his time. After he is released and falls back into a life of temptation, he is saved by the love of a woman and the warden who befriended him. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director in 1930.

Weary River was preserved at the Library of Congress and restored by the LoC, UCLA Film & TV and Warner Brothers. It is now available on DVD directly from the Warner Archive Collection.

Synopsis

Jerry Larrabee (Richard Barthelmess) is framed by rival gangster Spadoni (Louis Natheaux) and sent to prison, where he is befriended by a kind and understanding warden (William Holden). Through the warden's patient influence, Jerry becomes interested in music and forms a prison band, broadcasting over the radio. Jerry's singing deeply moves his radio listeners and soon Jerry is given a pardon by the governor.

Actors

Richard Barthelmess

(Jerry Larrabee)Betty Compson

(Alice Gray)William Holden

(Prison Warden)William Holden
Randolph Scott

(Audience Member (0:56) (uncredited))
And :
Richard Cramer
George E. Stone
Louis Natheaux
Gladden James
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