Loves of an Actress
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Directed by | Rowland V. Lee |
Written by | Ernest Vajda Rowland V. Lee Julian Johnson |
Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
Starring | Pola Negri Nils Asther Mary McAllister Paul Lukas |
Cinematography | Victor Milner |
Edited by | Robert Bassler E. Lloyd Sheldon |
Music by | Karl Hajos |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Loves of an Actress is a lost[1][2] 1928 American synchronized sound romantic drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Pola Negri. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film Western Electric Sound System process. The film was produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky with the distribution through Paramount Pictures. [3][4]
Cast
[edit]- Pola Negri as Rachel
- Nils Asther as Raoul Duval
- Mary McAllister as Lisette
- Richard Tucker as Baron Hartman
- Philip Strange as Count Vareski
- Paul Lukas as Dr. Durande
- Nigel De Brulier as Samson
- Robert Fischer as Count Moorency
- Helen Giere as Marie
Music
[edit]The film featured a theme song entitled "Sunbeams (Bring Dreams of You)" which was composed by J. Keirn Brennan and Karl Hajos.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Loves of an Actress at Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures - 1928 Archived August 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Loves of an Actress
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Loves of an Actress
- ^ Loves of an Actress at silentera.com
Bibliography
[edit]- Mariusz Kotowski. Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale. University Press of Kentucky, 2014.