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The Shady Lady
The Shady Lady
Directed by	Edward H. Griffith
Written by	Garrett Graham; Edward H. Griffith; Jack Jungmeyer; Jack Jungmeyer; Leonard Praskins; Richard L. Thorpe;
Produced by	Ralph Block
Starring	Phyllis Haver; Robert Armstrong; Louis Wolheim;
Cinematography	John J. Mescall
Edited by	Doane Harrison
Production; company	Pathé Exchange
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	December 16, 1928;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Part-talkie); English Intertitles;

The Shady Lady is a 1928 sound part-talkie American drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Phyllis Haver, Robert Armstrong and Louis Wolheim.^[1] Although the film featured a few sequences with audible dialogue, the majority of the film had a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The film was released in both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film format.

Synopsis

An innocent woman is unjustly mixed-up in a murder case in New York and flees to Havana where she is widely known as the "Shady Lady". In Cuba she becomes mixed up with a gang of gunrunners.

Cast

Phyllis Haver as Lola Mantell
Robert Armstrong as Blake
Louis Wolheim as Professor Holbrook
Russell Gleason as Haley
Jim Farley
Joyzelle Joyner

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Shady Lady" which was composed by Howard E. Johnson, Francis Gromon, Jack Grun and Josiah Zuro.

Critical reception

A review in Harrison's Reports said that the film was a good story, keeping the viewer's interest throughout, with "pretty tense suspense" in its second half.^[2] It added, "The manner by which the different threads of the story are interwoven in the closing scenes is intelligent, and satisfies the discriminating spectator."^[2] The review praised Haver, Armstrong, and Wolheim for their work.^[2]