The Love Racket is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) crime drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was directed by William A. Seiter and starred Dorothy Mackaill. It is based on a Broadway play, The Woman on the Jury by Bernard K. Burns, and is a remake of a 1924 silent film of the same name which starred Bessie Love.The Woman on the Jury as produced on Broadway at the Eltinge 42nd Street theatre, August 15, 1923; IBDb.com The film is now considered lost.The Love Racket at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures (1929) The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Love Racket
Myrtle Stedman reprises her role from the 1924 silent version in this film.
Plot
Cast Dorothy Mackaill as Betty Brown Sidney Blackmer as Fred Masters Edmund Burns as George Wayne Myrtle Stedman as Marion Masters Edwards Davis as Judge Davis Webster Campbell as Prosecuting Attorney Clarence Burton as Defense Attorney Alice Day as Grace Pierce Edith Yorke as Mrs. Pierce Martha Mattox as Mrs. Slade Tom Mahoney as Detective McGuire Jack Curtis as John Gerrity
Music The film featured a theme song entitled "Because You Belong To Me" which was composed by Felix Bernard, Stanley F. Weiner and J. Warren Morse.
See also List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
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Lobby poster