The Spanish Dancer

19231923
56m

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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.

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7.0/10

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Director
- Herbert Brenon
Writers
- Beulah Marie Dix(adaptation)
- Philippe Dumanoir(play "Don César de Bazan")
- Victor Hugo(novella)
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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)

Wallace Beery and Adolphe Menjou 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)

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)

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8/10

Passionate Pola

A fine romantic drama starring the tempestuous Pola Negri as the Gypsy dancer Maritana who falls in love with Don Cesar de Bazan, a penniless nobleman played by Antonio Moreno. Pola's classic beauty is evident here and she gives a worthy performance. Other noble actors who would eventually have great success in talkies are Wallace Beery as the self-centered King Philip IV of Spain and Adolphe Menjou as the conniving Don Saluste. A young Dawn O'Day can briefly be seen who would grow up to be the adult actress Anne Shirley. One of the more outstanding performances in this film was given by the great actress Kathlyn Williams. Her portrayol of the domineering Queen Isabel of Bourbon in all her regal beauty and splendor was nothing but brilliant. It is fine early cinema like this which justifies the art of film preservation.

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