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3.3/5 Cinema Paradiso Produced by Samuel Goldwyn Initial release 1929 Budget 600,000 USD Music director Hugo Riesenfeld | 6.4/10 IMDb Directed by Wesley Ruggles Music by Hugo Riesenfeld Director Wesley Ruggles Screenplay Blair Niles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Blair Niles
(story "Condemned to Devil's Island")
Sidney Howard (screenplay) Starring Ronald Colman
Ann Harding
Dudley Digges
Louis Wolheim
William Elmer Cinematography George Barnes
Gregg Toland Cast Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges, Louis Wolheim, William Elmer Similar Ronald Colman movies, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Condemned is a 1929 American black and white Pre-Code melodrama, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges, Louis Wolheim, William Elmer, and Wilhelm von Brincken. The movie was adapted by Sidney Howard from the novel by Blair Niles. The tagline was "A kiss that cannot be forgotten!"
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Production background
This film was also released in a silent version running 9000 feet. In 1930, Colman was nominated for an Academy Award in the Acting category for his work in this film and in Bulldog Drummond (1929). Condemned was the first of eight films written by Sidney Howard for producer Samuel Goldwyn, the last of which was Raffles (1939).
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Soundtrack
Note: this list is incomplete
International releases
The film is known by a variety of other names, including: Condenado in Portugal and Spain, Condemned to Devil's Island in the USA reissue, Condenado a Isla del Diablo in Argentina, Flucht von der Teufelsinsel in Austria, and L'isola del diavolo in Italy.