Two Sisters (1929 film)

Two Sisters
Lobby card
Directed by	Scott Pembroke
Written by	Arthur Hoerl Virginia Terhune Vandewater
Starring	Viola Dana Rex Lease
Cinematography	Hap Depew
Distributed by	Rayart Pictures
Release date	March 23, 1929 (1929-03-23)
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles)

Two Sisters is a 1929 American sound drama film directed by Scott Pembroke and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is one of the last produced in the sound-on-film process Phonofilm. 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. The film is now considered to be lost.

Plot

Two twin sisters are causing confusion for a detective who is pursuing them. One sister is described as good, honest, and sweet, while the other has a tendency towards carrying guns and committing robberies. The detective is having trouble distinguishing between the two sisters and determining which one he is pursuing for what reason, as he has different motives for chasing each one.

Cast

• Viola Dana as Jean / Jane
• Rex Lease as Allan Rhodes
• Claire Du Brey as Rose
• Thomas G. Lingham as Jackson (credited as Tom Lingham)
• Irving Bacon as Chumley
• Thomas A. Curran as Judge Rhodes (credited as Tom Curran)
• Boris Karloff as Cecil
• Adeline Ashbury as Mrs. Rhodes

See also

• Boris Karloff filmography
• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
• List of lost films

External links

• Two Sisters at IMDb
• Two Sisters at AllMovie