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The Greyhound Limited
The Greyhound Limited
Directed by	Howard Bretherton
Written by	Albert S. Howson (story); Anthony Coldeway; Robert Lord (writer); Joseph Jackson (titles)
Starring	Monte Blue; Edna Murphy; Grant Withers
Cinematography	Ben Reynolds
Production; company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	February 9, 1929
Running time	86 minutes; 8 reels; 6,114 feet
Languages	Sound (Part-Talkie); English Intertitles

The Greyhound Limited is 1929 part-talkie talkie crime drama and railroad theme film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Monte Blue. 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 the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film was produced and distributed by Warner Bros.. The film is a follow-up to the 1927 film The Black Diamond Express.^[1]

The film survives in the Library of Congress and Wisconsin Center For Film and Theatre Research, Madison Wisconsin.^[2] The full soundtrack (except for reels 5, 7 and 8) survives on Vitaphone discs.^[3]

Cast edit

Monte Blue as Monte
Edna Murphy as Edna
Grant Withers as Bill
Lucy Beaumont as Mrs. Williams, Bill's mother
Ernie Shields as Limpy
Lew Harvey as The Rat

References edit

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Greyhound Limited
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Greyhound Limited
^ The Vitaphone Project

External links edit

The Greyhound Limited at IMDb
synopsis at AllMovie
lobby poster(Wayback Machine)
Lobby card

[1] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Greyhound Limited

[2] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Greyhound Limited

[3] The Vitaphone Project

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