The Duke Steps Out

The Duke Steps Out is a 1929 American synchronized sound comedy-drama film directed by James Cruze and starring William Haines and Joan Crawford. 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 is lost, but the Vitaphone sound discs track of music and sound effects survive in the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Plot
Duke (Haines) a pampered millionaire's son, who longs to be a boxer, takes an interest in Susie (Crawford), a college coed, after he defends her from being bullied. Duke's interest in Susie leads him to enroll in the same school as Susie. After a misunderstanding between Duke and Susie, they realize they are meant to be together and are reunited.

Cast

 * William Haines as Duke
 * Joan Crawford as Susie
 * Karl Dane as Barney, Duke's Chauffeur
 * Tenen Holtz as Jake, Duke's Manager
 * Edward Nugent as Tommy Wells
 * Jack Roper as Poison Kerrigan
 * Delmer Daves as Bossy Edwards
 * Luke Cosgrave as Professor Widdicomb
 * Herbert Prior as Mr. Corbin
 * Gwen Lee (uncredited)
 * Harold Lockwood (uncredited)
 * Gertrude Messinger (uncredited)
 * Marie Messinger (uncredited)

Music
The film featured a theme song entitled "Just You" which was composed by William Axt, David Mendoza and Raymond Klages.

Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $714,000 in the US and Canada and $206,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $343,000.