Girl Overboard is a 1929 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Mary Philbin. 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 Western Electric sound-on-film system. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures.
The film is also known under the alternative titles of Salvage and Port of Dreams.
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Cast
Mary Philbin as Joan
Fred Mackaye as Denton Ford Jr.
Otis Harlan as Joe Evans
Francis McDonald as Francisco
Edmund Breese as Jim Keefe
Wilfrid North as Judge
Mary Alden
Preservation
With no prints of Girl Overboard located in any film archives, it is a lost film.
Music
The film featured a theme song entitled "Today and Tomorrow" which was composed by Fred E. Ahlert, Joseph Cherniavsky, and Roy Turk.