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Big Time
Also known as No Apogeu da Fama and Prova de Amor in Brazil; Il ritorno in Italy; El regreso in Venezuela
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 87 minutes
Directed by Kenneth Hawks
Cast: Lee Tracy [Eddie Burns], Mae Clarke [Lily Clark], Daphne Pollard [Sybil], Stepin Fetchit (Lincoln Perry) [Eli], Josephine Dunn [Gloria], Dewey Robinson [a barkeep], John Ford [himself]
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Screenplay by Sidney Lanfield and William K. Wells, from the short story “Little Lena” by Wallace Smith. Costume design by Sophie Wachner. Wardrobe by Sam Benson. Cinematography by L. William O’Connell. Film editor, Alfred De Gaetano. / Released 7 September 1929. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Tracy’s film debut. Clarke’s film debut. / Full-sound film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 July 2014.
References: Website-IMDb.
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