This Is Heaven

This Is Heaven (1929)

This film was released in both silent and sound versions.

Date of release
1929-06-22
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Alfred Santell

Casting

Interesting facts

This Is Heaven is a lost 1929 American sound part-talkie pre-code romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Santell starring Vilma Bánky. 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 produced by Samuel Goldwyn and released through United Artists.

Production background

Originally titled "Fifth Avenue Childs" and then "Fifth Avenue", Childs Restaurant management would not give Goldwyn permission to use their name, eventually he landed on This is Heaven.

Some scenes were filmed on location in New York City.

Like the majority of films in the early sound era, film was released in a silent version for theatres that had not yet converted to sound. Due to the public apathy towards silent film, the film's release was delayed so that some talking sequences could be filmed. Vilma had to have voice training which further delayed the process. By the time the film was released, in June 1929, the majority of new films were all-talking.

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