Give and Take (film)

Give and Take
Give and Take
	Film still
Directed by	William Beaudine
Written by	Harvey F. Thew; Albert DeMond
Based on	Give and Take; by Aaron Hoffman
Starring	Jean Hersholt; George Sidney
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	December 23, 1928;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Sound (Part-Talkie)

Give and Take is a 1928 American sound part-talkie comedy film directed by William Beaudine.^[1] It was Universal's second sound film.^[2]

Plot

A recent college graduate convinces his father to adapt social democracy in the father's manufacturing plant so that workers share in profits and have a role in managing operations.^[2]

Cast

Jean Hersholt as Factory owner, John Bauer
George Sidney as Plant Foreman
George J. Lewis as 'Jack' Bauer Jr.
Sharon Lynn as Foreman's Daughter
Sam Hardy as Industrialist
Rhoda Cross as Nancy
Charles Hill Mailes as Drumm (credited as Charles Mailes)
Leo Bates as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Frances Dare as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Fred Farrell as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Billy Franey as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Henry Murdock as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
William Orlamond as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Betty Welsh as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Give And Take" which was composed by Dave Dreyer, Maceo Pinkard, and Josef Cherniavsky.

Preservation

With no prints of Give and Take located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.^[4]

References

^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Give and Take". silentera.com. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "'Give and Take' (PT) — with Jean Hersholt and George Sidney". Harrison's Reports. January 5, 1929. p. 2. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Give and Take
^ Give and Take at Lost Film Files: Universal Films - 1928

External links

Give and Take at IMDb

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[SilentEra-1] "Progressive Silent Film List: Give and Take". silentera.com. Retrieved December 16, 2013.

[hr-2] "'Give and Take' (PT) — with Jean Hersholt and George Sidney". Harrison's Reports. January 5, 1929. p. 2. Retrieved May 2, 2022.

[3] The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Give and Take

[4] Give and Take at Lost Film Files: Universal Films - 1928

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