The Whip (1928 film)

The Whip is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Dorothy Mackaill. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. It was based on a 1912 play The Whip by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton and distributed by First National. This sound film was released with a synchronized Vitaphone soundtrack of music and sound effects. It is set in the horse racing world of England.

Cast

 * Dorothy Mackaill as Lady Diana
 * Ralph Forbes as Lord Brancaster
 * Anna Q. Nilsson as Iris d'Aquila
 * Lowell Sherman as Greville Sartoris
 * Albert Gran as Sam Kelley
 * Marc McDermott as Lord Beverly
 * Louis Payne as Lambert
 * Arthur Clayton as Richard Haslam
 * Jack McDonald as Detective (uncredited)

Music
The film featured a theme song that was entitled "Just Because It's You" which was written by W. Franke Harling and Lou Klein.

Preservation status
The Whip survives in archives at Cineteca Italiana, Milan, and the UCLA Film and Television Archive.