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About
Joe Lane, radio entertainer and songwriter, learns that the manager of the studio, Arthur Phillips, has made improper advances to his wife, Katherine. Infuriated, Lane engages him in a fight, and the encounter results in Phillips' accidental death. Joe goes to prison for a few years, and when he is released he visits his son, Little Pal, at school and is begged by him to run away together.
Theatrical
Aug 5, 1929
Box Office
$2.3M
Budget
$470K
Return
4.8x
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →A
Al Jolson
Joe Lane
D
Davey Lee
Little Pal
M
Marian Nixon
Katherine Lane
H
Holmes Herbert
Dr. Robert Merrill
K
Kenneth Thomson
Arthur Phillips
F
Fred Kohler
Fred, Joe's Cellmate
F
Frank Campeau
Officer
J
John Bowers
Dr. Burnes, surgeon
E
Ernest Hilliard
Radio Station Employee
A
Arthur Hoyt
Mr. Jones
C
Claude Payton
Judge
J
Jay Berger
Schoolboy
F
Flora Finch
Radio station beauty expert
M
Mickey Martin
Schoolboy
B
Buddy Smith
Schoolboy
J
Jack Stoutenburg
Schoolboy
B
Billy O'Brien
Schoolboy
