The Stolen Bride (1927 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = The Stolen Bride

| image = Stolen Bride poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Alexander Korda

| writer = Carey Wilson

| producer = Carey Wilson

| starring = Billie Dove
Lloyd Hughes
Armand Kaliz
Frank Beal

| narrator =

| cinematography = Robert Kurrle

| editing =

| music =

| studio = First National Pictures

| distributor = First National Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1927|8|14}}

| runtime = 8 reels

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

| budget =

| gross =

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The Stolen Bride is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Billie Dove, Lloyd Hughes, and Armand Kaliz. The film is a Hungarian-set romance across classes, where an aristocrat and a peasant fall in love.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/StolenBride1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Stolen Bride] at silentera.com

Cast

Billie Dove as Sari, Countess Thurzo
Lloyd Hughes as Franz Pless
Armand Kaliz as Baron von Heimburg
Frank Beal as Count Thurzo
Lilyan Tashman as Ilona Taznadi
Cleve Moore as Lt. Kiss
Otto Hoffman as Papa Pless
Charles Wellesley as The Regiment Pater
Bert Sprotte as Sergeant
Paul Vincenti
Patty Falkenstein as The Little Princess (uncredited)

Production

The production was Korda's first Hollywood film after moving to America from Berlin where he had previously been working. Korda was assigned the film in large part because he was a native of Hungary, where the film's action is set.Kulik pp. 43-45 It was shot at the Burbank Studios of First National Pictures during the summer of 1927. It was a moderate success once it was released in August 1927.Kulik p. 45 It was released in Britain on May 28, 1928.Kulik p. 343 Korda's next film was the far more successful The Private Life of Helen of Troy.

Preservation

A print of The Stolen Bride is reportedly held in a foreign archive.[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9538/ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Stolen Bride]