| The Cop | |
|---|---|
 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Donald Crisp |
| Written by | Elliott J. Clawson Tay Garnett John W. Krafft |
| Produced by | Ralph Block |
| Starring | William Boyd |
| Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
| Production company | DeMille Pictures Corporation |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Cop is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Donald Crisp. Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. At the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930, Elliott J. Clawson was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). Prints of the film exist in several film archives including the Library of Congress.
Cast
- William Boyd as Pete Smith
- Alan Hale as Mather
- Jacqueline Logan as Mary Monks
- Robert Armstrong as Scarface Marcas
- Tom Kennedy as Sergeant Coughlin
- Louis Natheaux as Louie
- Philip Sleeman as Lord Courtney (credited as Phil Sleeman)
- Dan Wolheim
Music
The sound version of the film included a theme song entitled “Always The Same, Sweet Pal” which was composed by Charles Weinberg and Billy Stone.
References
- "The 2nd Academy Awards (1930) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- "The Cop". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.35 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
- Progressive Silent Film List: The Cop at silentera.com
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