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Skyscraper (1928)
This is a typically benign silent comedy/drama whose only distinction is that it is set among the skyscrapers of 1928 NYC. Either the location work is real (hard to beleive they'd take chances with the lives of stars) or the matte work is extraordinry for its day. Blondy and Swede are gruff best friends who build skyscrapers. Blondy gets sweet on a girl he saves from a falling beam, Sally, but when he is injured in an accident and temporarily crippled, he rejects her. Swede tries every desperate measure to get Blondy to fight back, to try to walk, even masquerading as stealing Sally away from him. It all comes right in the end. Oscar nomination for Screenplay
Updated May 27 2020
Cast
Paul Weigel
Redhead's father
Alberta Vaughn
Jane
William Boyd
Blondy
Wesley Barry
Redhead
Sue Carol
Sally
Kusell's Dancing Debutantes
Dancers
Crew
Adrian
Costume Design
Stephen Goosson
Art Direction
Tay Garnett
Writer
Elliott J. Clawson
Writer
Howard Higgin
Director
Dudley Murphy
Story
John W. Boyle
Director of Photography
Adelaide Cannon
Editor
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