Linda (1929 film)

Linda is a 1929 American sound drama film directed by Dorothy Davenport (as Mrs. Wallace Reid). 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.

Plot

 * Linda (Helen Foster), a tender, romantic girl, is forced by her brutal father to marry Decker (Noah Beery, Sr.) an elderly lumberman who quickly realizes that Linda is not happy with him and does everything he can to make her life easier. Linda falls in love with Dr. Paul Randall (Warner Baxter), but remains with her husband until a scheming woman steps in and claims to be Decker's first and legal wife. Linda then goes to the city to live with her former schoolteacher and again meets Dr. Randall, but must leave him to return north and care for Decker, who has been hurt in a lumbering accident. Learning that the woman claiming to be Decker's wife is a fraud, Linda gallantly sticks with her husband until he finally dies from his injuries. Linda and the good doctor are then free to find happiness with each other.

Cast

 * Warner Baxter - Dr. Paul Randall
 * Helen Foster - Linda
 * Noah Beery, Sr. - Armstrong Decker
 * Mitchell Lewis - Buddy Stillwater
 * Kate Price - Nan
 * Allen Connor - Kenneth Whitmore
 * Bess Flowers - Annette Whitmore
 * Billie Brockwell - Mother / Mrs. Stillwater
 * Monty O'Grady - Spider

Music
The film featured a theme song entitled Linda with music by Al Sherman and words by Charles Tobias and Harry Tobias.

Uncredited

 * James Conaty - Party Guest
 * Jackie Levine - Stillwater Child
 * Andy Shuford - Buddy Stillwater
 * Blackjack Ward - Lumberjack