Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928 film)

Alias Jimmy Valentine is a 1928 American sound part-talkie crime drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring William Haines, Leila Hyams, Lionel Barrymore, and Karl Dane.

The film features talking sequences along with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.

[5] It was completed as a silent film before Irving Thalberg sent back Lionel Barrymore and William Haines to repeat their performances for the last two reels with sound.

Ben Price, the detective who put him away the first time is called to the case, but although he knows it is Jimmy (because of the style the crimes were committed with) he cannot find him.

In order to get such a beautiful girl, he decides to turn over a new leaf and give up his criminal career and take another alias, Ralph D. Spencer.

Valentine pulls out his bag of tools and breaks the safe open in a matter of minutes, surprising the people "Ralph" was with, and saving the child.

This film's title song, "Jimmy Valentine" (composed by Madden/Edwards), was recorded by Nat Shilkret and his Orchestra, with vocals by Billy Murray & Chorus in 1928.

The film also featured a theme song entitled "Love Dreams" which was composed by William Axt, David Mendoza, Mort Harris and Raymond Klages.