Come Across (1929)
A silent melodrama of a Society Girl who wanted to see life and finds herself a member of a blackmailing gang.
Mary, a high society girl, wants to see how the other half lives, so she becomes a cabaret dancer in a New York nightclub. The owner of the nightclub, Pop Hanson, and his criminal friends, Harry and Cassie, scheme to rip off a Montana millionaire. Finding herself interested in Harry, Mary goes along with their plan and decides to pose as his wife. The gang moves into Mary's aunt's deserted mansion as their base of operations. A silent film with sound sequences.
- Date of release
- 1929-06-30
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 59m
- Genres
- Crime, Action, Drama
- Director
- Ray Taylor
Casting
- Lina Basquette — Mary
- Flora Finch — Cassie
- Gustav von Seyffertitz — Pop Hanson
- Reed Howes — Harry Fraser
- Crauford Kent — George Harcourt
- Clarissa Selwynne — Harriet Houston
- Leo White — Employment Agent
Interesting facts
Come Across is a 1929 American sound part-talkie crime drama film, directed by Ray Taylor and written by Peter Milne, Jack Rollens, Monte Carter and Ford Beebe. The film stars Lina Basquette, Reed Howes, Flora Finch, Crauford Kent, Gustav von Seyffertitz and Clarissa Selwynne. The film was released on June 30, 1929, by Universal Pictures. 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 distributed by Universal Pictures.
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