Lucky Star (1929 film)

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Lucky Star (1929 film) is a 1929 silent romantic drama directed by Frank Borzage, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, noted for its tender love story and expressive visual style at the end of the silent era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf silent film
artDirectionBy Harry Oliver
basedOn story "Three Episodes in the Life of Timothy Osborn" by Tristram Tupper
belongsToMovement Hollywood silent cinema
character Mary Tucker
Tim Osborn
cinematographyBy Chester A. Lyons
William Cooper Smith
countryOfOrigin United States
director Frank Borzage
distributor Fox Film Corporation
editedBy J. Logan Pearson
filmingStyle intimate close-ups
lyrical visual composition
use of expressive lighting
followedBy other Frank Borzage sound-era romances
format black-and-white film
genre romantic drama
hasFilmFormat 35 mm
hasMusic accompanied by musical score in some releases
hasSetting rural American countryside
hasTheme love overcoming physical disability
postwar trauma
rural life
hasVisualEmphasis atmospheric outdoor sets
symbolic use of weather and landscape
language Silent film with intertitles
leadActress Janet Gaynor
notableFor expressive visual style
tender love story
partOf Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell film collaborations
portrays romance between a farm girl and a disabled war veteran
precededBy Street Angel (1928 film) in Gaynor–Farrell collaborations
preservationStatus restored and screened at film archives
productionCompany Fox Film Corporation
productionStudioLot Fox studios in Hollywood
releaseYear 1929
runtime approximately 100 minutes
screenEra late silent era
setDuring World War I
starring Charles Farrell
Janet Gaynor

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