The Blue Danube | |
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Directed by | Paul Sloane |
Written by | Harry Carr (writer) Paul Sloane (writer) John W. Krafft (titles) Edwin Justus Mayer (titles) |
Story by | John Farrow |
Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille Ralph Block |
Starring | Leatrice Joy Joseph Schildkraut |
Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
Edited by | Margaret Darrell |
Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 reels |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent Version Sound Version (English Intertitles) |
The Blue Danube is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film starring Leatrice Joy. Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. This picture was produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Paul Sloane with a distribution through Pathé Exchange.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]A romance set in Austria before, during, and after World War I.
Cast
[edit]- Leatrice Joy as Marguerite
- Joseph Schildkraut as Ludwig
- Nils Asther as Erich von Statzen
- Seena Owen as Helena Boursch
- Albert Gran as Herr Bourscch
- Frank Reicher as Baron
- May Robson
- Edna Mae Cooper
- Oliver Eckhardt as Fritz
Music
[edit]The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Moonlight on the Danube” which was composed by Byron Gay.
Preservation
[edit]A print of The Blue Danube is preserved at the Library of Congress, Archives Du Film Du CNC(Bois d'Arcy), BFI National Film And Television Archive.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ The Blue Danube at silentera.com
- ^ "Hersholt Signs as Simon Levi in New Picture". Los Angeles Times. October 30, 1927. p. 27.
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 19, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:The Blue Danube
External links
[edit]- The Blue Danube at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Lantern slide for the film
- Stills at the Nils Asther website