Taxi 13

64 minutes; 7 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
(English Intertitles)

Taxi 13 is a 1928 sound part-talkie film comedy produced and distributed by Film Booking Offices of America and directed by Marshall Neilan. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the RCA Photophone sound-on-film system. The film stars Chester Conklin in what is FBO's first film with a pre-recorded soundtrack.^[1]

Once thought lost, a copy evidently survives at Cineteca Nazionale, Rome.^[2]

Critical reception

A review in Harrison's Reports said, "This is neither funny enojugh to be called a comedy nor serious enough to be called a drama.'^[3] Despite a few good points, it added, "But on the whole it is not a particularly good picture".^[3]

Cast

• Chester Conklin as Angus Mactavish
• Ethel Wales as Mrs. Mactavish
• Martha Sleeper as Flora Mactavish
• Hugh Trevor as Dan Regan
• Lee Moran as Dennis Moran
• Jerry Miley as Mason
• Charles Byer as Berger

unbilled

• Godfrey Craig as Mactavish Child
• George Dunning as Mactavish Child
• Louise Fazenda
• Jackie Sturnberg as Mactavish Child
• Billy Watson as Mactavish Child
• Coy Watson as Mactavish Child
• Delmar Watson as Mactavish Child
• Gloria Watson as Mactavish Child
• Harry Watson as Mactavish Child
• Louise Watson as Mactavish Child
• Vivian Watson as Mactavish Child

See also

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

References

External links

• Taxi 13 at IMDb
• allmovie/synopsis; Taxi 13
• lobby poster