Girl Overboard is a 1929 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Mary Philbin. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric sound-on-film system. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures.[1][2]
The film is also known under the alternative titles of Salvage and Port of Dreams.
Cast
- Mary Philbin as Joan
- Fred Mackaye as Denton Ford Jr.
- Otis Harlan as Joe Evans
- Francis McDonald as Francisco
- Edmund Breese as Jim Keefe
- Wilfrid North as Judge
- Mary Alden
Preservation
With no prints of Girl Overboard located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.[4]
Music
The film featured a theme song entitled "Today and Tomorrow" which was composed by Fred E. Ahlert, Joseph Cherniavsky, and Roy Turk.
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