The Shopworn Angel (1928 film)

The Shopworn Angel
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Wallace
Screenplay by	Howard Estabrook Albert S. LeVino Tom Miranda (intertitles)
Based on	Private Pettigrew's Girl 1918 story in The Saturday Evening Post by Dana Burnet
Starring	Nancy Carroll Gary Cooper
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Edited by	Robert Gessler
Music by	Ben Bergunker Andrea Setaro
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	December 29, 1928 (1928-12-29) (New York City) January 12, 1929 (1929-01-12) (U.S.)
Running time	80 minutes 7,377 feet (Sound Version) 7,112 feet (Silent Version)^[1]
Country	United States
Language	English

The Shopworn Angel is a 1928 American part-talking sound romantic drama film directed by Richard Wallace starring Nancy Carroll and Gary Cooper.^[2] The film was released by Paramount Pictures using the Western Electric sound-on-film system.^[1] Like the majority of films in the early sound era, a silent version was made for theatres who hadn't converted to sound yet by trimming down the portions of the film that featured talking or singing.

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Plot

Cast

Nancy Carroll as Daisy Heath
Gary Cooper as William Tyler
Paul Lukas as Bailey
Roscoe Karns as the Dance Director
Emmett King as The Chaplain
Mildred Washington as Daisy's Maid
Bert Woodruff as Bit Part (uncredited)

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "A Precious Little Thing Called Love" that was by Lou Davis and J. Fred Coots.

Sound

This film was nearing completion when The Jazz Singer (1927) was released. Dialogue was written for Gary Cooper and Nancy Carroll to compete with "talking pictures". The last scene was a wedding and the only lines of dialogue spoken in the film are Cooper's "I do" and Carroll's "I do". In addition, Carroll is also heard singing the theme song.