Weary River (1929)
Weary River (1929)
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Where to Watch.
Currently Weary River is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: TCM
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Barthelmess
Jerry Larrabee
Betty Compson
Alice
William Holden
Warden
Louis Natheaux
Spadoni
George E. Stone
Blackie
Ray Turner
Elevator Boy
Gladden James
Manager
Ernie Adams
Ex-Con in Alley
Thomas J. Geraghty
Writer
Brooks Benedict
Jerry's Guest
James Conaty
Attorney at Trial (uncredited)
Ruth Cherrington
Actress Backstage Who Locks Her Door
Frank Lloyd
Director
Richard Cramer
Prison Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Courtney Ryley Cooper
Writer
Edwards Davis
Prison Chaplain (uncredited)
Sally Eilers
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Bradley King
Writer
Paul Perez
Writer
Jim Farley
Plainclothesman with Sergeant (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Prison Phone Operator (uncredited)
Ernest Haller
Cinematographer
Chuck Hamilton
Prison Photographer (uncredited)
James Gibbon
Editor
Pat Harmon
Bartender (uncredited)
Edward Schroeder
Editor
Ernest Hilliard
Literary Club Host (uncredited)
Bob Kortman
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Louis Mercier
Friend at Barney's (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Virginia Sale
Noisy Lady in Audience (uncredited)
Randolph Scott
Audience Member (0:56) (uncredited)
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Weary River is a 1929 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, and William Holden (no relation to William Holden, star of such films as Sunset Boulevard). Produced and distributed by First National Pictures, the film, like many made during the changeover from silent to sound movies, is mostly silent with a few sequences featuring synchronized dialogue and singing. Based on a story by Courtney Riley Cooper, the film is about a gangster who goes to prison and finds salvation through music while serving his time. After he is released and falls back into a life of temptation, he is saved by the love of a woman and the warden who befriended him. The film received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Director in 1930.Weary River was preserved at the Library of Congress and restored by the LoC, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Warner Bros. It is available on DVD directly from the Warner Archive Collection.While Barthelmess's character sings and plays the piano throughout the film, Barthelmess did not sing or play the piano. Frank Churchill played the piano, and Johnny Murray sang into a microphone far away from Barthelmess while he lip-synced and played a piano that had strings deadened with felt.