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Children of the Ritz
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Directed byJohn Francis Dillon
CinematographyJames Van Trees
Edited byLeroy Stone
Production
company		First National Pictures
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Release date
  • March 3, 1929 (1929-03-03)
Running time7 reels (approximately 70 minutes)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles
"Children of the Ritz" ad in The Film Daily, 1929

Children of the Ritz is a 1929 synchronized sound drama film from First National Pictures. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The film stars Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall. The plot is based on a Cornell Woolrich story.

Plot

A spoiled rich girl falls for a poor chauffeur. Their situations are changed when her family loses all their money and he wins $50,000 at a racetrack. They get married, but it's not long before she starts spending their money the way she used to spend hers.

Cast

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Some Sweet Day" which was composed by Nat Shilkret and Lew Pollack.

Preservation status

Two reels of the film survive at the Eye Filmmuseum archive with an estimated running time of sixteen minutes.

See also

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Films directed by John Francis Dillon
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