The Shady Lady
Directed byEdward H. Griffith
Written by
  • Garrett Graham
  • Edward H. Griffith
  • Jack Jungmeyer
  • Jack Jungmeyer
  • Leonard Praskins
  • Richard L. Thorpe
Produced byRalph Block
Starring
CinematographyJohn J. Mescall
Edited byDoane Harrison
Production
company
Pathé Exchange
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
December 16, 1928
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • Sound (Part-talkie)
  • English Intertitles

The Shady Lady is a 1928 sound part-talkie American drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Phyllis Haver, Robert Armstrong and Louis Wolheim.[1] Although the film featured a few sequences with audible dialogue, the majority of the film had a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The film was released in both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film format.

Synopsis

An innocent woman is unjustly mixed-up in a murder case in New York and flees to Havana where she is widely known as the "Shady Lady". In Cuba she becomes mixed up with a gang of gunrunners.

Cast

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Shady Lady" which was composed by Howard E. Johnson, Francis Gromon, Jack Grun and Josiah Zuro.

Critical reception

A review in Harrison's Reports said that the film was a good story, keeping the viewer's interest throughout, with "pretty tense suspense" in its second half.[2] It added, "The manner by which the different threads of the story are interwoven in the closing scenes is intelligent, and satisfies the discriminating spectator."[2] The review praised Haver, Armstrong, and Wolheim for their work.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Quinlan p.122
  2. 1 2 3 "'The Shady Lady' (PT) -- with Phyllis Haver". Harrison's Reports. January 12, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved May 19, 2022.

Bibliography

  • Quinlan, David. The Illustrated Guide to Film Directors. Batsford, 1983.
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