Excess Baggage (1928 film)

Excess Baggage is a lost 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by James Cruze and distributed by MGM. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film was based on the 1927 play of the same name by John McGowan. The film starred William Haines, Josephine Dunn and Kathleen Clifford.

Cast

 * William Haines – Eddie Kane
 * Josephine Dunn – Elsa McCoy
 * Neely Edwards – Jimmy Dunn
 * Kathleen Clifford – Mabel Ford
 * Greta Granstedt – Betty Ford
 * Ricardo Cortez – Val D'Ierrico
 * Cyril Chadwick – Crammon
 * Delmer Daves (uncredited)

Music
This film featured a theme song entitled "In A Little Hide-Away" which was composed by William Axt, David Mendoza and Howard Dietz.