Take the Heir

Take the Heir is a 1930 American synchronized comedy sound film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Edward Everett Horton, Dorothy Devore and Edythe Chapman. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects and featured a theme song that was sung by an uncredited tenor. The film was produced during the transition to sound film and a separate silent version was also released. Location shooting took place around Broadway. A review in the Motion Picture News considered the film "very, very weak" and a waste of Everett Horton's talents.

Plot
An English aristocrat Lord Tweedham inherits property in the United States. However, when he arrives he is in such a drunken state that his valet Smithers is forced to impersonate him. At the house of the executor Smithers falls in love with Susan the maid while being pursued by his daughter Muriel under the impression that he is Tweedham.

Cast

 * Edward Everett Horton as 	Smithers
 * Dorothy Devore as 	Susan
 * Frank Elliott as 	Lord Tweedham
 * Edythe Chapman as Lady Tweedham
 * Otis Harlan as 	John Walker
 * Kay Deslys as 	Muriel Walker
 * Margaret Campbell as 	Mrs. Smythe-Bellingham

Music
The film features a theme song entitled "I Always Knew It Would Be You" with music by J.M. Coopersmith and lyrics by Cliff Hess.