The Spieler
| The Spieler | |
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| Directed by | Tay Garnett |
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| Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
| Edited by | Doane Harrison |
| Music by | Josiah Zuro |
Production company | Ralph Block Productions |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English intertitles |
The Spieler is a 1928 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Alan Hale, Clyde Cook, and Renée Adorée.[1] While the film had a few sequences with audible dialog, the majority of the film featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell.
Plot
[edit]As noted in an article regarding this film and carnivals,[2] Cleo is a young woman who inherits a carnival from her father and announces that it will be run free from grift and rackets that target its customers. She thinks the carnival is doing so, but actually the lot is infested with every species of small time racketeer, confidence artist, and pickpocket. There is a brutal "{Hey, rube]]" assault on the circus goers involving the midway riffraff.
Cast
[edit]- Alan Hale as Flash
- Clyde Cook as Luke aka 'Perfesser' McIntosh
- Renée Adorée as Cleo d'Alzelle
- Fred Kohler as Red Moon
- Fred Warren as The Baker
- James Quinn as The Rabbit
- Kewpie Morgan as Butch
- Billie Latimer as Bearded Lady
- Alfred Adeline as Bit part (uncredited)
- Ed Brady as One of Red's Men (uncredited)
- Sterling Campbell as Last Pickpocket Victim (uncredited)
- Sidney D'Albrook as One of Red's Men (uncredited)
- Jimmy Dime as One of Red's Men (uncredited)
- Bob Perry as One of Red's Men (uncredited)
- Jack Perry as One of Red's Men (uncredited)
- Frederick Peters as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Music
[edit]The film featured a theme song entitled "Your Heart Looks Into Mine." Josiah Zuro arranged and directed the recording session for the soundtrack.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Munden p. 756
- ^ "Film Socks Grift Shows: Spieler Expose of Gyp Carnival". Variety. 94 (7). New York City: Variety, Inc.: 1 February 27, 1929. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
Bibliography
[edit]- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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- The Spieler at IMDb
- The Spieler is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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