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Conrad Veidt and Mary Philbin.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Last Performance
Also known as {The Final Performance}
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6171 feet
Directed by Paul Fejos (Pál Fejös)
Cast: Conrad Veidt [Erik Goff, also known as Erik the Great], Mary Philbin [Julie Fergeron], Leslie Fenton [Buffo Black], Fred Mackaye [Mark Royce], Gustav Partos [the European manager], William H. Turner [the booking agent], Anders Randolf [the judge], Sam De Grasse (Sam de Grasse) [the district attorney], George Irving [the defense attorney]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman, from a screen story by James Ashmore Creelman. Production supervised by Carl Laemmle Jr. Cinematography by Hal Mohr. Film editors, Edward Cain, Robert Carlisle and Robert Jahns. Intertitles written by Walter Anthony and Tom Reed. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 5 October 1929 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP752]. Premiered 13 October 1929 in New York, New York. General release, 2 November 1929. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Working title: Erik the Great. The talking sequences were isolated to the last reel. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version at 5999 feet by Universal Pictures Corporation. Hirschhorn-Universal p. 67 mistakenly lists this film as released in 1930. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: Romance.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Love triangles - Magicians - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 7 December 2024.
References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 67; Marrero-Vintage p. 6 : Website-AFI.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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