The Swan (1925 film)
{{short description|1925 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Swan
| image = File:The Swan (1925 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Dimitri Buchowetzki
| producer = Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
| writer = Melville Baker
Dimitri Buchowetzki
| based_on = {{based on|The Swan (A Hattyú)
1914 play|Ferenc Molnár}}
| cinematography = Alvin Wyckoff
| starring = Frances Howard
Adolphe Menjou
Ricardo Cortez
| editing =
| studio = Famous Players–Lasky
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1925|02|16}}
| runtime = 6 reels
(5,889 feet)
| country = United States
| language = Silent
English intertitles
}}
The Swan is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Frances Howard, Adolphe Menjou and Ricardo Cortez. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
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.
Cast
- Frances Howard as Alexandra, The Swan
- Adolphe Menjou as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
- Ricardo Cortez as Dr. Walter, the Tutor
- Ida Waterman as Princess Beatrice
- Helen Lindroth as Amphirosa
- Helen Lee Worthing as Wanda von Gluck
- Joseph Depew as Prince George
- George Walcott as Prince Arsene
- Michael Visaroff as Father Hyacinth
- Michael Vavitch as Colonel Wunderlich
- Nicholas Soussanin as Lutzow
- Arthur Donaldson as Franz, the Court Chamberlain
- General Lodijensky as Master of the Hunt
- Clare Eames as Princess Dominica
Preservation status
This silent version survives and can be found on home video and DVD.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/Swan1925.html The Swan at SilentEra][http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=9304 The Swan as produced on Broadway at the Cort Theatre, October 23, 1923 to June 1924,255 performances; IBDb.com]
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016409/ The Swan at IMDB]
- [http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/Swan1925.html The Swan at SilentEra]
- [http://www.allmovie.com/movie/swan-v48053 The Swan at Allmovie]
- {{tcmdb title|id=498525}}
- {{AFI film|12508}}
- [http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161123&lotIdNo=16002 Lobby cards for The Swan]
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Category:American silent feature films
Category:American films based on plays
Category:Films based on works by Ferenc Molnár
Category:Famous Players-Lasky films
Category:Films directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki
Category:American black-and-white films