Description
The Swan (1925) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. 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.
Classification
CategoryClassic Movies & Vintage Films to Stream(videos)
SubcategoryClassic Movies: Silent, Noir, Horror & Comedy Films(movies)
GenresSilent Movies(silent-movies-spg-c211)
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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
- Joseph Depew Prince George
- George Walcott Prince Arsene
- Michael Visaroff Father Hyacinth
- Michael Vavitch Colonel Wunderlich (as Mikhael Vavitch)
- Nicholas Soussanin Lutzow
- Arthur Donaldson Franz, the Court Chamberlain
- General Lodijensky Master of the Hunt
- Clare Eames Princess Dominica
Director
- Dimitri Buchowetzki
Screenwriter
- Ferenc Molnár
- Lenore J. Coffee
Director of Photography
- Alvin Wyckoff
Composer
- Hugo Riesenfeld
