The Blue Danube (1928 film)

The Blue Danube
The Blue Danube
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Directed by	Paul Sloane
Written by	Harry Carr (writer); Paul Sloane (writer); John W. Krafft (titles); Edwin Justus Mayer (titles)
Story by	John Farrow
Produced by	Cecil B. DeMille; Ralph Block
Starring	Leatrice Joy; Joseph Schildkraut
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Edited by	Margaret Darrell
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	March 11, 1928;
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent Version; Sound Version; (English Intertitles)

The Blue Danube is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film starring Leatrice Joy. Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. This picture was produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Paul Sloane with a distribution through Pathé Exchange.^[1]^[2]

Plot

A romance set in Austria before, during, and after World War I.

Cast

Leatrice Joy as Marguerite
Joseph Schildkraut as Ludwig
Nils Asther as Erich von Statzen
Seena Owen as Helena Boursch
Albert Gran as Herr Bourscch
Frank Reicher as Baron
May Robson
Edna Mae Cooper
Oliver Eckhardt as Fritz

Music

The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Moonlight on the Danube” which was composed by Byron Gay.

Preservation

A print of The Blue Danube is preserved at the Library of Congress, Archives Du Film Du CNC(Bois d'Arcy), BFI National Film And Television Archive.^[3]^[4]

References

^ The Blue Danube at silentera.com
^ "Hersholt Signs as Simon Levi in New Picture". Los Angeles Times. October 30, 1927. p. 27.
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 19, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:The Blue Danube

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[1] The Blue Danube at silentera.com

[2] "Hersholt Signs as Simon Levi in New Picture". Los Angeles Times. October 30, 1927. p. 27.

[3] Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 19, c.1978 by The American Film Institute

[4] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:The Blue Danube

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