The Swan (1925 film)
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Director Dimitri Buchowetzki Genre Silent film Country United States | 6.2/10 IMDb Cinematography Alvin Wyckoff Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Silent
English intertitles Release date February 16, 1925 Based on play, The Swan, by Ferenc Molnar Writer Melville Baker (translation), Dimitri Buchowetzki, Ferenc Molnar (play) Producers Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky Cast Frances Howard (Alexandra, The Swan), Adolphe Menjou (Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels), Ricardo Cortez (Dr. Walter, the Tutor), Ida Waterman (Princess Beatrice), Helen Lindroth (Amphirosa), Helen Lee Worthing (Wanda von Gluck)Similar movies One Romantic Night (1930) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Swan (1925) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
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Production background
The film is based on Melville Baker's 1923 Broadway play adaptation, The Swan, of Ferenc Molnar's play A Hattyu Vigjatek Harom Felvonasbarn.
This film was directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, a recent Russian immigrant working for Famous Players-Lasky. Buchowetzki had directed pictures in Russia, Sweden, and Germany. The story of this film was remade in 1930 as One Romantic Night, an early talkie for Lillian Gish, and in Technicolor as a 1956 vehicle for Grace Kelly.
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Preservation status
This silent version survives and can be found on home video and DVD.
References
The Swan (1925 film) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
The Swan (1925 film) IMDb The Swan (1925 film) themoviedb.org