Give and Take (film)

Give and Take
Film still
Directed byWilliam Beaudine
Written byHarvey F. Thew
Albert DeMond
Based onGive and Take
by Aaron Hoffman
StarringJean Hersholt
George Sidney
CinematographyCharles Van Enger
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 23, 1928 (1928-12-23)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSound (Part-Talkie)

Give and Take is a 1928 American sound part-talkie comedy film directed by William Beaudine.[1] It was Universal's second sound film.[2]

Plot

A recent college graduate convinces his father to adapt social democracy in the father's manufacturing plant so that workers share in profits and have a role in managing operations.[2]

Cast

  • Jean Hersholt as Factory owner, John Bauer
  • George Sidney as Plant Foreman
  • George J. Lewis as 'Jack' Bauer Jr.
  • Sharon Lynn as Foreman's Daughter
  • Sam Hardy as Industrialist
  • Rhoda Cross as Nancy
  • Charles Hill Mailes as Drumm (credited as Charles Mailes)
  • Leo Bates as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Frances Dare as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Fred Farrell as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Billy Franey as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Henry Murdock as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • William Orlamond as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Betty Welsh as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Give And Take" which was composed by Dave Dreyer, Maceo Pinkard, and Josef Cherniavsky.

Preservation

With no prints of Give and Take located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Give and Take". silentera.com. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "'Give and Take' (PT) — with Jean Hersholt and George Sidney". Harrison's Reports. January 5, 1929. p. 2. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  3. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Give and Take
  4. ^ Give and Take at Lost Film Files: Universal Films - 1928
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