Melody Lane (1929 film)

Melody Lane is a 1929 black and white American musical film. It is an adaption to the play The Understander, written by Jo Swerling.

Cast

 * Eddie Leonard – Des Dupree
 * Josephine Dunn – Dolores Dupree
 * Rose Coe – Constance Dupree
 * George E. Stone – Danny
 * Huntley Gordon – Rinaldi
 * Jane La Verne – Constance Dupree
 * Blanche Carter – Nurse
 * Jake Kern – Orchestra Leader
 * Monte Carter – Stage Manager

Soundtrack

 * Melody Lane ad in The Film Daily, Jan-Jun 1929 (page 1549 crop).jpg'', 1929]]"ROLY BOLY EYES"
 * Written by Eddie Leonard
 * Performed by Eddie Leonard


 * "THE SONG OF THE ISLANDS"
 * Written by Charles E. King


 * "Here I Am"
 * Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
 * Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.


 * "There's Sugar-Cane Around My Door"
 * Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
 * Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.


 * "The Bogey-Man Is Here"
 * Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
 * Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.


 * "Beautiful"
 * Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
 * Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.

Status
The film is now incomplete, with a 16mm copy of the last reel of the sound version, an incomplete print of the silent version (5 of the 6 reels) is also in the Library of Congress. An incomplete soundtrack (reels 1,3,5,6,7 and 8 of 8) also survives in the hands of a private collector.