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Director:
Fred Niblo
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Writers:
Dorothy Farnum (writer)
Arthur Hopkins (play)
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Release Date:
2 May 1930 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Fedya wins Lisa away from her fiance, Victor Karenin. But after Fedya weds Lisa, he becomes infatuated with a gypsy girl... more | add synopsis
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2009 Screen Actors Guild Award Winners
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John Gilbert in His Talkie Debut more

Cast

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John Gilbert ... Fedya
Renée Adorée ... Masha
Conrad Nagel ... Victor
Eleanor Boardman ... Lisa
Claire McDowell ... Anna Pavlovna
Nigel De Brulier ... Petushkov
Tully Marshall ... Artimiev
Mack Swain ... Magistrate
Erville Alderson
George Spelvin ... Magistrate
Sidney Bracey ... Waiter
Richard Alexander ... Policeman (as Dick Alexander)
Charles Quatermaine ... Artimiev
Agostino Borgato ... Petushkov
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Additional Details

Runtime:
75 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System) | Silent

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Filmed in 1929, but not released until 1930. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Zhivoy trup (1929) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
John Gilbert in His Talkie Debut, 28 November 2006
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Author: drednm

Interesting film but not very good.

Infamous as John Gilbert's first talkie, though it was released by MGM after HIS GLORIOUS NIGHT had already bombed. Oh that LB Mayer.....

The copy I have was taped off TNT (tv station) and was trimmed by maybe 10 minutes to fit a timeslot. In any case, the story is not very good, one about brooding Russians and fiery Gypsies and love gone bad.

Gilbert is, however, very good as the failing Russian who can't decline booze or gambling. Eleanor Boardman is his faithful wife. Conrad Nagel is friend. Renee Adoree is a fiery Gypsy. Mack Swain plays a Russian judge and Sidney Bracey a philosophic waiter.

It seems badly edited and/or directed but the story is so dark and gloomy it hardly matters. The 4 stars are all pretty good in this early talkie, and Gilbert, in fine voice, has a few very good scenes that almost salvage the film.

Again it's odd that contemporary reviews of this film and HIS GLORIOUS NIGHT never mentioned Gilbert as having a bad voice, thin, effeminate, high, or anything else.... The films were just clunkers.....

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