Dynamite (1929 film)

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Dynamite is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, notable for its early use of sound and its story of a socialite forced into a marriage of convenience with a condemned miner.

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instanceOf film
academyAwardsYear 2nd Academy Awards
basedOn story by John Howard Lawson
cinematographyBy J. Peverell Marley
Karl Struss
countryOfOrigin United States
director Cecil B. DeMille
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Anne Bauchens
era pre-Code Hollywood
linked to: Pre-Code Hollywood
featuresCharacter condemned miner
socialite
filmFormat black-and-white
genre drama
hasTheme class differences
marriage of convenience
redemption
languageOfWorkOrName English
musicBy Hugo Riesenfeld
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Cinematography
notableFor early use of synchronized sound
originalLanguage English
partOf Cecil B. DeMille filmography
plotSummary A socialite is forced into a marriage of convenience with a condemned miner
producer Cecil B. DeMille
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate October 5, 1929
releaseYear 1929
runtime 129 minutes
screenwriter Jeanie MacPherson
John Howard Lawson
setInPeriod contemporary to late 1920s
setting United States
soundFilm true
starred Charles Bickford
Conrad Nagel
Joel McCrea
Julia Faye
Kay Johnson
Muriel McCormac

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Jeanie MacPherson wroteWork Dynamite (1929 film)
Julia Faye notableWork Dynamite (1929 film)
Abbie Jean MacPherson notableWork Dynamite (1929 film)