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Melody Lane
Melody Lane
Directed by	Robert F. Hill
Written by	J.G. Hawks ; Robert F. Hill ; Tom Reed ; Jo Swerling (Play)
Produced by	Carl Laemmle; ??Jr. Laemmle
Starring	Eddie Leonard; Josephine Dunn; Rose Coe
Cinematography	Joseph Brotherton
Edited by	Daniel Mandell
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 21, 1929;
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$30,000

Melody Lane is a 1929 black and white American musical film. It is an adaption to the play The Understander, written by Jo Swerling.^[1]^[2]

Cast edit

Eddie Leonard – Des Dupree
Josephine Dunn – Dolores Dupree
Rose Coe – Constance Dupree
George E. Stone – Danny
Huntley Gordon – Rinaldi
Jane La Verne – Constance Dupree
Blanche Carter – Nurse
Jake Kern – Orchestra Leader
Monte Carter – Stage Manager

Soundtrack edit

Melody Lane ad in The Film Daily, 1929
"ROLY BOLY EYES"

Written by Eddie Leonard

Performed by Eddie Leonard

"THE SONG OF THE ISLANDS"

Written by Charles E. King

"Here I Am"

Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern

"There's Sugar-Cane Around My Door"

Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern

"The Bogey-Man Is Here"

Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern

"Beautiful"

Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern

Status edit

The film is now incomplete, with a 16mm copy of the last reel of the sound version, an incomplete print of the silent version (5 of the 6 reels) is also in the Library of Congress. An incomplete soundtrack (reels 1,3,5,6,7 and 8 of 8) also survives in the hands of a private collector.