Pay as You Enter

1928 film

  • May 12, 1928 (1928-05-12)
Running time
55 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSound (Synchronized)
(English Intertitles)Budget$83,000[1]Box office$139,000[1]

Pay as You Enter is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Louise Fazenda, Clyde Cook and William Demarest.[2][3] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process.

Cast

  • Louise Fazenda as Mary Smith
  • Clyde Cook as Clyde Jones
  • William Demarest as 'Terrible Bill' McGovern
  • Myrna Loy as Yvonne De Russo
Scene from the movie

Box office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $101,000 domestic and $38,000 foreign.[1]

Preservation status

See also

  • List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

  1. ^ a b c Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 6 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ^ Leider, Emily W. Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood. University of California Press, 2011. p.319
  3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Pay as You Enter
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Pay as You Enter
  5. ^ Pay as You Enter at Lost Film Files:Warner Brothers lost films - 1928

External links

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