SOUND FEATURES: THE WAY OF ALL MEN (1930)
CREDITS
Released: September 7, 1930
Production Company: First National Pictures
Featured Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dorothy Revier, Robert Edeson, Anders Randolf, Ivan F. Simpson, William Orlamond, Henry Kolker, Louis King, William Courtenay, Noah Beery, Wade Boteler, Dorothy Mathews, Pat Cummings, Alona Marlowe, Eddie Clayton
Director: Frank Lloyd
Producer: Frank Lloyd
Cinematographer: Sidney Hickox
Editor: Ray Curtiss
Conductor – Vitaphone Orchestra: Leo F. Forbstein
Writers:Henning Berger (play “Syndafloden”), Bradley King (adaptation and dialogue)
STORY
A variety of broad-painted and unlikely characters are trapped in an underground café when a Mississippi River levee breaks and causes flood havoc above and below.
TECH
Runtime 1 hr 9 min (69 min)
Sound Mix Mono (Vitaphone)
Color Black and White
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Film Length 1,838 m (7 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm