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  1. United States. Language. English. The Donovan Affair is a 1929 American Pre-Code comedic murder-mystery film directed by Frank Capra. It was produced by Harry Cohn for Columbia Pictures and is based upon the play of the same name by Owen Davis.

  2. The Donovan Affair: Directed by Frank Capra. With Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, William Collier Jr., Agnes Ayres. The lights go out at a high-society dinner party and one of the guests is murdered. The police are summoned and Inspector Killian shows up with his assistant Carney.

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    • Action, Adventure, Comedy
    • Frank Capra
    • 1929-04-11
  3. Directed by Frank Capra. Screenplay by Howard J. Green, Dorothy Howell. Starring Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, William Collier, Jr., Agnre Ayres, John Roche. Synopsis. Jack Donovan (Roche), a caddish playboy, attends a dinner party given at the home of Peter (Alphonse Ethier) and Lydia Rankin (Ayres). Several people at the party despise Donovan.

  4. Feb 19, 2018 · Owen Davis’s play The Donovan Affair (1926) fits snugly into this cycle. The action starts with Inspector Killian and his assistant Carney ushering the suspects into the Rankin family library. The rakish Jack Donovan has been murdered at a birthday dinner.

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  6. Oct 14, 2014 · SPECIAL ADMISSION: $20. FILM FORUM MEMBERS: $13. (1929) After no-good Jack Donovan kills the lights at a house party for effect, guests find he’s the knife-skewered victim – and then inspector Jack Holt is called in. A classic Dark House comedy whodunit, with a classic denouement, based on a play by the prolific Owen Davis (whose 1923 ...

  7. The Donovan Affair (1929) movie review summary: Frank Capra’s very first all-talking feature – ironically, now back to being a silent – was not quite as interesting as its presentation at this year’s San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Table of Contents show.

  8. The Donovan Affair is a 1929 American Pre-Code comedic murder-mystery film directed by Frank Capra. It was produced by Harry Cohn for Columbia Pictures and is based upon the play of the same name by Owen Davis. Its original soundtrack, recorded on soundtrack discs, has been lost, although it has been recreated for live performances.

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