The Toilers (1928 film)

The Toilers
Directed by	Reginald Barker
Written by	Gordon Rigby (screenplay) Harry Braxton (titles)
Story by	Gordon Rigby
Produced by	John M. Stahl
Starring	Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Jobyna Ralston
Production company	Tiffany-Stahl Productions
Release date	October 1, 1928 (1928-10-01)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles)

The Toilers is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Jobyna Ralston and directed by Reginald Barker. 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 soundtrack was recorded using the Tiffany-Tone process using RCA Photophone equipment. The film is important historically as being Tiffany's first sound feature. In the film, Fairbanks plays one of the toilers (coal miners), while Ralston plays his sweetheart.^[1][2]

Cast

• Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Steve
• Jobyna Ralston as Mary
• Harvey Clark as Joe
• Wade Boteler as Toby
• Robert Ryan

Preservation status

• Copies of the film are held by several archives i.e., George Eastman House, BFI National Film and Television, Library of Congress, New Zealand Film Archive.^[3]

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Toilers
2. The Toilers at silentera.com
3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Toilers

External links

• The Toilers at IMDb
• The Toilers at the TCM Movie Database
• The Toilers at silentera.com