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The Spanish Dancer

  • 19231923
  • 56m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
70
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The Spanish Dancer (1923)
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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.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
70
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  • Director
    • Herbert Brenon
  • Writers
    • Beulah Marie Dix(adaptation)
    • Philippe Dumanoir(play "Don César de Bazan")
    • Victor Hugo(novella)
  • Stars
    • Pola Negri
    • Antonio Moreno
    • Wallace Beery
Top credits
  • Director
    • Herbert Brenon
  • Writers
    • Beulah Marie Dix(adaptation)
    • Philippe Dumanoir(play "Don César de Bazan")
    • Victor Hugo(novella)
  • Stars
    • Pola Negri
    • Antonio Moreno
    • Wallace Beery
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    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Pola Negri in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    Antonio Moreno in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    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)
    James Wong Howe, Herbert Brenon, and Antonio Moreno in The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    The Spanish Dancer (1923)
    Pola Negri in The Spanish Dancer (1923)

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    Pola Negri
    Pola Negri
    • Maritana - Gypsy fortune telleras Maritana - Gypsy fortune teller
    Antonio Moreno
    Antonio Moreno
    • Don Cesar de Bazanas Don Cesar de Bazan
    Wallace Beery
    Wallace Beery
    • King Philip IVas King Philip IV
    Kathlyn Williams
    Kathlyn Williams
    • Queen Isabel of Bourbonas Queen Isabel of Bourbon
    Gareth Hughes
    Gareth Hughes
    • Lazarilloas Lazarillo
    Adolphe Menjou
    Adolphe Menjou
    • Don Sallusteas Don Salluste
    Edward Kipling
    • Marquis de Rotundoas Marquis de Rotundo
    Anne Shirley
    Anne Shirley
    • Don Balthazar Carlosas Don Balthazar Carlos
    • (as Dawn O'Day)
    Charles A. Stevenson
    Charles A. Stevenson
    • Cardinal's Ambassadoras Cardinal's Ambassador
    Henry Vogel
    • Olivaresas Olivares
    Robert Agnew
    Robert Agnew
    • Juanas Juan
    Buck Black
      Frank Coghlan Jr.
      Frank Coghlan Jr.
        Gino Corrado
        Gino Corrado
        • Musketeeras Musketeer
        • (uncredited)
        George J. Lewis
        George J. Lewis
          Virginia Moon
          • Grandmotheras Grandmother
          • (uncredited)
          • Director
            • Herbert Brenon
          • Writers
            • Beulah Marie Dix(adaptation)
            • Philippe Dumanoir(play "Don César de Bazan")
            • Victor Hugo(novella)
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          Storyline

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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.
          • Connections
            Featured in Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen: Peep Shows and Public Outrage (1996)

          User reviews3

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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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          • boblipton
          • Jan 1, 2013

          Details

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          • Release date
            • October 13, 1924 (United Kingdom)
          • 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
            56 minutes
          • Color
            • Black and White
          • Sound mix
            • Silent
          • Aspect ratio
            • 1.33 : 1

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