Say It with Songs

Say It with Songs
Style "B" theatrical release poster
Directed byLloyd Bacon
Written byJoseph Jackson
Darryl F. Zanuck
Harvey Gates
StarringAl Jolson
CinematographyLee Garmes
Edited byOwen Marks
Music byDave Dreyer
Billy Rose
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • August 6, 1929 (1929-08-06)[1]
Running time
105 minutes
95 minutes (extant)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$470,000[2]
Box office$2,266,000 (worldwide rentals)[2][3]

Say It with Songs is a 1929 American pre-Code musical drama film, directed by Lloyd Bacon and released by Warner Bros. The film stars Al Jolson and Davey Lee and was a follow-up to their previous film, The Singing Fool (1928).

  1. ^ Slowik, Michael (2014). After the Silents: Hollywood Film Music in the Early Sound Era, 1926–1934. Columbia University Press. p. 284. ISBN 9780231165822.
  2. ^ a b Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15: 55–73. doi:10.1080/01439689500260031.
  3. ^ Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 7 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551