The Girl on the Barge is a 1929 American drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Jean Hersholt and Sally O'Neil. Released during the transition to talkies, the Universal Pictures production was essentially a silent film with some talking sequences. It was filmed in Whitehall NY, the town is looking for a copy of the movie as well Cast Jean Hersholt as McCadden Sally O'Neil as Erie McCadden Malcolm McGregor as Fogarty Morris Mackintosh as Huron McCadden (as Morris McIntosh) Nancy Kelly as Superior McCadden George Offerman Sr. as Ontario McCadden (as George Offerman) Henry West as Tug Captain J. Francis Robertson as Engineer Production Although set on the Erie Canal, The Girl on the Barge was filmed on the Champlain Canal in upper New York with the film crew set up in Glens Falls as the Erie Canal looked too modern and commercialized for the story. References External links 1929 films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Edward Sloman 1929 drama films 1920s American films