The Jazz Age (film)

The Jazz Age 1929 is a film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Marceline Day, and Joel McCrea in his first leading role. The film, directed by Leslie Shores and written by Randolph Bartlett, was released by RKO Radio Pictures soon after RKO was created from Film Booking Offices of America FBO, RCA, and the KeithAlbeeOrpheum theater chain.

RKO released The Jazz Age in both a silent and parttalkie version, so the film could be shown in theaters equipped for sound, and for those not equipped for sound. The parttalkie version was recorded in RCA Photophone.There was a later documentary film produced by NBC News Project 20, narrated by Fred Allen also titled The Jazz Age 1956, and a 15episode TV series of the same name on the BBC 1968. Both the IMDB and TCM websites, for the 1929 film, show the 1956 film as available on DVD for purchase. No info is given about the availability of the 1929 title. ........

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