LINDA (1929) Warner Baxter, Helen Foster & Noah Beery | Drama | B&W | Nostalgic Flick

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Linda is a 1929 American sound drama film directed by Dorothy Davenport (as Mrs. Wallace Reid). It is based on the 1912 novel Linda by Margaret Prescott Montague. 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.

Synopsis

Linda (Helen Foster), a tender, romantic girl, is forced by her brutal father to marry Decker (Noah Beery, Sr.) an elderly lumberman who quickly realizes that Linda is not happy with him and does everything he can to make her life easier. Linda falls in love with Dr. Paul Randall (Warner Baxter), but remains with her husband until a scheming woman steps in and claims to be Decker's first and legal wife. Linda then goes to the city to live with her former schoolteacher and again meets Dr. Randall, but must leave him to return north and care for Decker, who has been hurt in a lumbering accident. Learning that the woman claiming to be Decker's wife is a fraud, Linda gallantly sticks with her husband until he finally dies from his injuries. Linda and the good doctor are then free to find happiness with each other.

Cast & Crew

Warner Baxter - Dr. Paul Randall
Helen Foster - Linda
Noah Beery, Sr. - Armstrong Decker
Mitchell Lewis - Buddy Stillwater
Kate Price - Nan
Allen Connor - Kenneth Whitmore
Bess Flowers - Annette Whitmore
Billie Brockwell - Mother / Mrs. Stillwater
Monty O'Grady - Spider

Directed by: Dorothy Davenport
Written by: Maxine Alton
Produced by: Mrs. Wallace Reid Productions
Cinematography: Bert Baldridge, Henry Cronjager, Ernest Laszlo
Distributed by: First Division Pictures
Release Date: March 31, 1929
Running Time: 75 minutes (7 reels)
Country: United States
Languages: Synchronized Sound, English Intertitles