# Jazz Mad > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jazz_Mad > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jazz_Mad.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Mad > Source revision: 1353831101 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1928 film Jazz Mad (also: The Symphony) Lobby card Directed by F. Harmon Weight Written by Charles Kenyon Walter Anthony Story by Svend Gade (story) Produced by Carl Laemmle Starring Jean Hersholt Marian Nixon George J. Lewis Cinematography Gilbert Warrenton Edited by Edward Kahn (as Edward L. Cahn) Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date November 18, 1928 (1928-11-18) Running time 70 minutes Country United States Language Silent (English intertitles) ***Jazz Mad*** is a [1928](/source/1928_in_film) [American](/source/United_States) [silent](/source/Silent_film) [drama film](/source/Drama_(film_and_television)) directed by [F. Harmon Weight](/source/F._Harmon_Weight) and starring [Jean Hersholt](/source/Jean_Hersholt), [Marian Nixon](/source/Marian_Nixon), and [George J. Lewis](/source/George_J._Lewis). It was produced and released by [Universal Pictures](/source/Universal_Pictures).[1][2] ## Plot This article needs a plot summary. Please add one in your own words. (January 2024) ## Cast - [Jean Hersholt](/source/Jean_Hersholt) as Franz Hausmann - [Marian Nixon](/source/Marian_Nixon) as Elsa Hausmann - [George J. Lewis](/source/George_J._Lewis) as Leopold Ostberg - [Roscoe Karns](/source/Roscoe_Karns) as Sol Levy - [Torben Meyer](/source/Torben_Meyer) as Kline - [Andrew Arbuckle](/source/Andrew_Arbuckle_(actor)) as Schmidt - [Charles Clary](/source/Charles_Clary) as Mr. Ostberg - [Clarissa Selwynne](/source/Clarissa_Selwynne) as Mrs. Ostberg - Patricia Caron as Miss Ostberg - [Alfred Hertz](/source/Alfred_Hertz) as Symphony Conductor - [Virginia Grey](/source/Virginia_Grey) (uncredited) ## Preservation status A copy of *Jazz Mad* is preserved by the [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress) Packard Campus and the [UCLA Film & Television Archive](/source/UCLA_Film_%26_Television_Archive).[3][4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: *Jazz Mad*](http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=10004) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Progressive Silent Film List: *Jazz Mad*](http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/J/JazzMad1928.html) at silentera.com 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: *Jazz Mad*](http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2601/default.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collections and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress*, (<-book title) p.92 c.1978 by The American Film Institute ## External links - [*Jazz Mad*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019041/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) This article related to an American silent drama film of the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1920s-US-silent-drama-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1920s-US-silent-drama-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1920s-US-silent-drama-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jazz Mad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Mad) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Mad?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.