Speedway
Speedway is a 1929 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring William Haines, Anita Page and Ernest Torrence. The film has no audible dialogue but featured a synchronized musical score and sound effects. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric Sound System sound-on-film process. The soundtrack was also transferred to discs for those theatres that were wired with sound-on-disc sound systems. This was Haines' last film without dialogue.
Plot
The film tells the story about a car racer who clashes with his father, also a driver, at the Indianapolis Speedway. Prior to the Indy 500 auto race, Bill Whipple quarrels with his foster father, Jim MacDonald, who is to be one of his rivals that day.
More details
author | Ann Price Byron Morgan Joseph Farnham |
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director | Harry Beaumont |
editor | George Hively |
events | motor car |
genre | drama western |
keywords | car race heart condition indianapolis speedway indy 500 |
productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
publisher | MGM |
theme | romantic drama |