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The Spanish Dancer

  • 1923
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
82
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Antonio Moreno and Pola Negri in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
DramaHistoryRomance

A love story between Don Cesar de Bazan and a beautiful Gypsy dancer.A love story between Don Cesar de Bazan and a beautiful Gypsy dancer.A love story between Don Cesar de Bazan and a beautiful Gypsy dancer.

  • Director
    • Herbert Brenon
  • Writers
    • Beulah Marie Dix
    • Philippe Dumanoir
    • Victor Hugo
  • Stars
    • Pola Negri
    • Antonio Moreno
    • Wallace Beery
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    82
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Herbert Brenon
    • Writers
      • Beulah Marie Dix
      • Philippe Dumanoir
      • Victor Hugo
    • Stars
      • Pola Negri
      • Antonio Moreno
      • Wallace Beery
    • 3User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Pola Negri in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    Antonio Moreno in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    Herbert Brenon and Anne Shirley in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    Antonio Moreno and Pola Negri in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    Adolphe Menjou and Kathlyn Williams in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    Adolphe Menjou and Kathlyn Williams in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    Wallace Beery and Adolphe Menjou in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    Adolphe Menjou and Kathlyn Williams in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    Adolphe Menjou and Pola Negri in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    Adolphe Menjou and Thais Valdemar in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    James Wong Howe, Herbert Brenon, and Antonio Moreno in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    Wallace Beery, Robert Agnew, Antonio Moreno, Pola Negri, and Kathlyn Williams in The Spanish Dancer (1923)

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    Pola Negri
    Pola Negri
    • Maritana - Gypsy fortune teller
    Antonio Moreno
    Antonio Moreno
    • Don Cesar de Bazan
    Wallace Beery
    Wallace Beery
    • King Philip IV
    Kathlyn Williams
    Kathlyn Williams
    • Queen Isabel of Bourbon
    Gareth Hughes
    Gareth Hughes
    • Lazarillo
    Adolphe Menjou
    Adolphe Menjou
    • Don Salluste
    Edward Kipling
    • Marquis de Rotundo
    Anne Shirley
    Anne Shirley
    • Don Balthazar Carlos
    • (as Dawn O'Day)
    Charles A. Stevenson
    Charles A. Stevenson
    • Cardinal's Ambassador
    Robert Agnew
    Robert Agnew
    • Juan
    Thais Valdemar
    • Spanish Court Lady
    Henry Vogel
    • Olivares
    George Berrell
    George Berrell
    • Gypsy
    • (uncredited)
    Buck Black
      Frank Coghlan Jr.
      Frank Coghlan Jr.
        Gino Corrado
        Gino Corrado
        • Musketeer
        • (uncredited)
        George J. Lewis
        George J. Lewis
          Virginia Moon
          • Grandmother
          • (uncredited)
          • Director
            • Herbert Brenon
          • Writers
            • Beulah Marie Dix
            • Philippe Dumanoir
            • Victor Hugo
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          • Trivia
            Pola Negri's role (Maritana) was originally written for Rudolph Valentino.
          • Alternate versions
            The original release version, in both the United States and in foreign territories, was nine reels long. The original nine reel European version of the film, which apparently was made of out takes, survives at the Nederlands Filmmuseum. The US version survives in a re-edited five reel version Kodascope that was created in the 1930's.
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          9/10
          Skip the Storm
          "The Spanish Dancer" has the script of an utterly commonplace, even hackneyed, melodramatic movie. In the hands of director Herbert Brenon, it turns into a work of visual fantasy that is impossible to resist.

          Mind you, it needs to be seen in the right conditions. Looking at it by yourself on a television screen, it doesn't look like much. Happily, I was able to see it under the right conditions: at the Museum of Modern Art with Donald Sosin at the piano and his wife at the tambourine, during the week of a storm that had shut down half the city and left people shivering in the cold and dark, needing to be taken out of themselves.

          The casting is well nigh perfect. The cinematography by James Wong Howe is perfect, not just the story telling aspect of it, but the set-piece at the center of the movie shot during Carnival in Barcelona. The shots are framed by medieval architecture and filled with light, thanks to the confetti that fills the screen.

          My movie reviews usually talk about the story and there is one, but that's not the reason to see this movie. This is one of those movies that you must seem even though you may find it tough going until its beauty kicks in. I only hope that when you see it, it's in a comfortable theater with a great score. I also hope you don't have a disaster going on outside the theater.
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          • Jan 1, 2013

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          • Release date
            • November 4, 1923 (United States)
          • Country of origin
            • United States
          • Languages
            • None
            • English
          • Also known as
            • Spanska plesacica
          • Production company
            • Paramount Pictures
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          Box office

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          • Gross US & Canada
            • $314,765
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          • Runtime
            1 hour 43 minutes
          • Color
            • Black and White
          • Sound mix
            • Silent
          • Aspect ratio
            • 1.33 : 1

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