Give and Take is a 1928 American sound part-talkie comedy film directed by William Beaudine.[1] It was Universal's second sound film.[2]

Plot

A recent college graduate convinces his father to adapt social democracy in the father's manufacturing plant so that workers share in profits and have a role in managing operations.[2]

Cast

  • Jean Hersholt as Factory owner, John Bauer
  • George Sidney as Plant Foreman
  • George J. Lewis as 'Jack' Bauer Jr.
  • Sharon Lynn as Foreman's Daughter
  • Sam Hardy as Industrialist
  • Rhoda Cross as Nancy
  • Charles Hill Mailes as Drumm (credited as Charles Mailes)
  • Leo Bates as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Frances Dare as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Fred Farrell as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Billy Franey as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Henry Murdock as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • William Orlamond as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Betty Welsh as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Give And Take" which was composed by Dave Dreyer, Maceo Pinkard, and Josef Cherniavsky.

Preservation

With no prints of Give and Take located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Give and Take". silentera.com. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "'Give and Take' (PT) — with Jean Hersholt and George Sidney". Harrison's Reports. January 5, 1929. p. 2. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  3. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Give and Take
  4. ^ Give and Take at Lost Film Files: Universal Films - 1928


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_and_Take_(film)
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