The Toilers (1928 film)
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The Toilers | |
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Directed by | Reginald Barker |
Written by | Gordon Rigby (screenplay) Harry Braxton (titles) |
Story by | Gordon Rigby |
Produced by | John M. Stahl |
Starring | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Jobyna Ralston |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
The Toilers is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Jobyna Ralston and directed by Reginald Barker. While the film 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. The soundtrack was recorded using the Tiffany-Tone process using RCA Photophone equipment. In the film, Fairbanks plays one of the toilers (coal miners), while Ralston plays his sweetheart.[1][2]
Cast
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Steve
- Jobyna Ralston as Mary
- Harvey Clark as Joe
- Wade Boteler as Toby
- Robert Ryan
Preservation status
- Copies of the film are held by several archives i.e., George Eastman House, BFI National Film and Television, Library of Congress, New Zealand Film Archive.[3]
See also
References
External links
- The Toilers at IMDb
- The Toilers at the TCM Movie Database
- The Toilers at AllMovie
- The Toilers at silentera.com
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