| Hardboiled Rose | |
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| Directed by | F. Harmon Weight |
| Written by | Darryl F. Zanuck (story) Robert Lord (screenplay) Joseph Jackson (titles) |
| Starring | Myrna Loy William Collier, Jr. John Miljan |
| Cinematography | William Rees |
| Edited by | William Holmes |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. (as Warner Brothers Production) |
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Running time | 5reels (silent version) 6 reels (sound version) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
Hardboiled Rose is a 1929 American soundpart-talkieromantic drama film directed byF. Harmon Weight and released byWarner Bros. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using theVitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film starredMyrna Loy,William Collier, Jr., andJohn Miljan.
A Southern belle (Loy) must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to suicide. She then meets a man who sweeps her off her feet and takes her away from it all.
This was Loy's second starring role in a movie, afterTurn Back the Hours (1928).Hardboiled Rose would become Myrna Loy's last part-talkie. After this movie Myrna Loy would make all-talking movies, with some filmed inTechnicolor. Loy's early talkies in Technicolor wereThe Desert Song (1929, Warner Brothers' first movie released in color),The Show of Shows (1929) andUnder a Texas Moon (1930, the second all color-all talking movie to be filmed outdoors).
In 1933, Loy's Warners contract ended and she signed withMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1934, Myrna Loy made two movies with MGM that would make her a big star for the next 20 years,Manhattan Melodrama andThe Thin Man.
According to TV Guide.com's review ofHardboiled Rose, the talking sequences were added to the movie later in production. All studios were converting to sound, so major studio releases had to be at least a part-talkie.
The film elements forHardboiled Rose still survive, but the soundtrack which was recorded onVitaphone discs, is lost except the fourth reel disc.[1]
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