Interference
About Interference
At a Remembrance Day service in London, Deborah Kane sees Philip Voaze, the lover she thought had died in the war. He has been living under another name. His wife Faith is now married to the surgeon Sir John Marlay. Deborah threatens to expose the bigamy unless Philip returns to her. Philip decides the only way to protect Faith is to kill Deborah.
Cast & crew
More about Interference
Lothar Mendes directed a silent version. Paramount then reshot the film for sound, with Roy J. Pomeroy directing and William deMille assisting, as its first feature-length all-talking picture, in 10 reels. It opened in New York on November 16, 1928, and in the United States generally on January 5, 1929.
Themes
Reviews
The New York Times called it a specimen of the strides made by the talking picture. Variety called it indifferent entertainment.
Look
Henry W. Gerrard, Farciot Edouart, and J. Roy Hunt photographed the all-talking version.
Music
W. Franke Harling wrote the music.
Preservation
The sound version survives. The silent version, made first, is lost.
Notes
- William Powell plays Philip, Evelyn Brent plays Deborah, Clive Brook plays Sir John, and Doris Kenyon plays Faith. All four were making their sound-film debuts.
- Tom Ricketts plays Charles Smith. Brandon Hurst plays Inspector Haynes.
- The script comes from the 1927 West End play by Roland Pertwee and Harold Dearden. Hope Loring is credited with the screenplay, Ernest Pascal with the dialogue, and Julian Johnson with the titles.
- George Nichols Jr. edited.
Scenes
- Deborah spots Philip in the Remembrance Day crowd and realizes the dead man is alive.
Influenced
- Without Regret (1935)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Interference - 1928.ogg)
