New Orleans (1929 film)

New Orleans is a 1929 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Ricardo Cortez, William Collier Jr., Alma Bennett. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Tiffany-Tone sound-on-film system using RCA Photophone equipment. The film was produced and distributed by the independent Tiffany Pictures.

Synopsis
Two friends, a jockey and a racetrack owner, fall out over a woman they both love.

Soundtrack
Here is a web site with the soundtrack recorded from original 16" discs. http://mst.cdbpdx.com/MSTNO29/ Reels 1 thru 6 have only music, sound effects like doors closing, trains, horses galloping, crowd noise, and a few guttural utterances. The song Pals Forever is sung by a noticeably inebriated quartet in the 2nd reel. Except for the song PALS FOREVER in reel 2, there isn't much dialog until reel 7.

Cast

 * Ricardo Cortez as Jim Morley
 * William Collier Jr. as Billy Slade
 * Alma Bennett as Marie Cartier

Music
The film features a theme song entitled "Pals Forever" which was composed by Hugo Riesenfeld (music) and Ted Shapiro (lyrics).