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The Pagan
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 7459 feet
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke

Cast: Ramon Novarro [Henry Shoesmith Jr], Renée Adorée [Madge], Donald Crisp [Henry Slater], Dorothy Janis [Tito]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Dorothy Farnum, from a screen story by John Russell. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Song “Pagan Love Song” by Nacio Herb Brown (music) and Arthur Freed (lyrics). Assistant director, Harold S. Bucquet. Cinematography by Clyde De Vinna. Film editor, Ben Lewis. Intertitles written by John Howard Lawson. / © 1 April 1929 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation [LP262]. Released 27 April 1929. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version at 7359 feet. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama: South Seas.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 4 February 2010.

References: Bardèche-History pp. 298, 311; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 169; McCaffrey-Guide p. 19; Weaver-Twenty p. 28 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.

 
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