‘WEARY RIVER ’
• - • A SPECIAL FOR THE EMPIRE Richard Barthiemess may now be heard as well as seen. The star of two score silent features, famed for his ‘ Broken Blossoms ’ and ‘ Tol’ablc David,’ will be heard for the first time in ‘ Weary River,’ his latest First National starring feature, which will bo commenced at the Empire Theatre on Friday. In ‘ Weary River ’ Barthiemess' not only talks, hut plays the piano. A Vita phone test proved his voice, of excellent quality for 1 talking pictures, and advance notices predict unprecedented success for the initial Barthelmess talkie. 1 Weary River’ is from the short story of Courtney Ryley Cooper, adapted to the screen by Bradley King, and directed by Frank Lloyd. It relates the story of a convict who sings over the radio, wins a parole, becomes famous, apd gains the love of a girl. It is a wide departure from anything Barthelmess has - done heretofore, and offers him a new kind of characterisation. The cast supporting Bartbelmoss is headed by Betty Compson, who recently played the feminine leads in Barthelmess's ‘Scarlet Seas.’ Others in the cast include 'William Holden, Raymond Turner, George Stone, Louis Natlieaux, and Robert O'Connor.
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Evening Star, Issue 20313, 23 October 1929, Page 7
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