This early talkie Grantland Rice sports short spotlights the crystal clear waters of Florida and champion swimmers and divers, including future Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller, doing their stuff to Tschakovski waltzes.
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Grantland Rice as Narrator (uncredited)
Jack Eaton Director
United States 05 May 1929
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1929:
18 February 1929
Silent military propaganda film by Erkki Karu, later followed by the musical revue film Meidän poikamme merellä ("Our Boys at Sea", 1933) and Meidän poikamme ilmassa – me maassa ("Our Boys in the Air – and We on Land", 1934), both of them also directed by Karu.
05 April 1929
This is a really strange, but thought provoking film. Here, beloved Mary literally lets Harry Spear kick her behind, spend her money on him, and forces her to push his kiddie car, all so that she could get the occasional joy of watching Harry "Wiggle His Ears.
30 March 1929
A Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to suicide.
01 January 1929
A British-German silent drama film directed by Henrik Galeen
31 March 1929
After "Dirty Neck" Jack Purvin sees a newspaper photograph of Eastern socialite Helen Van Smythe, soon to arrive at the nearby dude ranch, he hightails it to San Francisco in order to learn how to become a gentleman.
07 March 1929
Walter has invented an automatic remote-control for his jalopy. When a potential buyer comes to look it over, Walter proudly shows how he cam the car stop and go, turn corners and steer correctly.
25 January 1929
A tale of the great Alaska gold rush in which a man falsely accused of murder tracks down the guilty man.
31 August 1929
Nightclub hostess Sophie Leonard educates her daughter Beth abroad and keeps her life secret for her.
08 June 1929
A series of animated short subjects created by Paul Terry and actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook. Estabrook suggested making a series of cartoons based on Aesop's Fables.
03 March 1929
Haver, a newspaper reporter persuades a judge to release the suspected killer of a wealthy racetrack owner.
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