Thunder (1929 film)
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Thunder is a 1929 American synchronized sound melodrama film starring Lon Chaney and directed by William Nigh. The film has no audible dialogue but featured a synchronized musical score and sound effects. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric Sound System sound-on-film process. The soundtrack was also transferred to discs for those theatres that were wired with sound-on-disc sound systems. [2] Thunder was Chaney's penultimate film appearance and his last film without audible dialogue.[3]
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Directed by | William Nigh |
Written by | Ann Price (scenario) Joseph W. Farnham (intertitles) |
Screenplay by | Byron Morgan |
Story by | Byron Morgan |
Produced by | Hunt Stromberg |
Starring | Lon Chaney Phyllis Haver James Murray Tom Keene Frances Morris Wally Albright |
Cinematography | Henry Sharp |
Edited by | Ben Lewis |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles |
Box office | $1,018,000[1] |
The majority of the picture portion of Thunder is now considered lost, with only a half a reel of the entire footage known to survive. The Vitaphone type sound discs are extant, however, and preserve the soundtrack of the film. [4]