So Long Letty (1929)
Uncle Claude goes on vacation with his granddaughters and meets and dislikes boisterous Letty. When he finds nephew Tommy, he mistakes Grace for his wife, unaware that he is married to Letty. To get a check from Uncle Claude, the two couples switch spouses.
- Date of release
- 1929-10-16
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Director
- Lloyd Bacon
Casting
- Charlotte Greenwood — Letty Robbins
- Claude Gillingwater — Uncle Claude Davis
- Grant Withers — Harry Miller
- Patsy Ruth Miller — Grace Miller
- Bert Roach — Tommy Robbins
- Marion Byron — Ruth Davis
- Helen Foster — Sally Davis
- Hallam Cooley — Clarence de Brie
- Harry Gribbon — Joe Casey
- Lloyd Ingraham — Judge
- Jack Grey — Police Sergeant
Interesting facts
So Long Letty is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Charlotte Greenwood, reprising her role from the 1916 Broadway stage play. The story had previously been filmed as a silent under the same title in 1920 with Colleen Moore.
Production
To record a yacht scene in Santa Catalina harbor, a barge was outfitted with the sound equipment and towed alongside the yacht during the scene.
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