Revenge (1928 film)

1928 American silent film

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Revenge

Promotional poster for the film

Directed by| Edwin Carewe
Joseph Schenck
Written by| Finis Fox
Based on| The Daughter of the Bear Tamer
by Konrad Bercovici
Produced by| Edwin Carewe
Starring| Dolores del Río
James A. Marcus
LeRoy Mason
Rita Carewe
Cinematography| Al Green
Robert Kurrle
Edited by| Jeanne Spencer
Music by| Hugo Riesenfeld

Production
company

Edwin Carewe Productions

Distributed by| United Artists

Release date

* November 3, 1928 (1928-11-03)

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Running time

| 70 minutes[1]
Country| United States
Languages| Sound (Synchronized)
(English intertitles)

Revenge is a 1928 synchronized American sound drama film directed by Edwin Carewe. While the film 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. The film starred Dolores del Río, James A. Marcus, LeRoy Mason, and Rita Carewe. The film was inspired by the novel The Daughter of the Bear Tamer by Konrad Bercovici.[1][2][3][4]

## Cast

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in billing order:[5]

* Dolores del Río as Rascha
* James A. Marcus as Costa
* Sophia Ortiga as Binka
* LeRoy Mason as Jorga
* Rita Carewe as Tina
* José Crespo as Stefan
* Sam Appel as Jancu
* Marta Golden as Leana
* Jess Cavin as Lieutenant De Jorga

## Music

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The film featured a theme song entitled "Revenge" which was written by Joe Young (lyricist), Sam M. Lewis (lyricist) and Harry Akst (composer). Hugo Riesenfeld arranged and directed the musical score for the film. A second song entitled "Dolores," which was composed by Ted Ward and Edward A. Grossman, was also featured on the soundtrack of the film.

## Production

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Dolores del Río had the luxury of renaming the film adaptation as Revenge, as she believed that all of her film successes began with the letter "R" (Resurrection (1927), Ramona (1928), and The Red Dance (1928)).[6] While del Rio was in the middle of divorcing Jaime Martínez del Río in 1926, Revenge was abandoned. She eventually divorced him in 1928.[7] Production resumed on Revenge in June 1928 and was finished filming by August 1928.[8]

### Cinematography

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Revenge's cinematographers were Al Green and Robert Kurrle.[1]

### Editing

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Editing of Revenge was done by Jeanne Spencer.[1]

## Reception

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### Release

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Revenge was released on November 3, 1928, in United States film theatres.[1]

## Preservation

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Complete prints of Revenge are held at the George Eastman Museum, the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and  Archives Du Film Du CNC.[9]

## See also

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* List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

## References

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### Citations

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1. ^ a b c d e f Curtis, James (2015). William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come (1st ed.). New York City: Pantheon Books. ISBN 978-0375424724.
2. ^ Goble 2011, p. 928.
3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Revenge at silentera.com
4. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
5. ^ Garrido 2003, p. 254.
6. ^ Ramón 1997, p. 35.
7. ^ Hall 2013, p. 111.
8. ^ Hall 2013, p. 112.
9. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Revenge

### Sources

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* Goble, Alan (2011) [1999]. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film (Reprint ed.). Munich: De Gruyter Saur. p. 928\. ISBN 978-3598114922.
* Hall, Linda (2013). Dolores del Río: Beauty in Light and Shade (1st ed.). Redwood City, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804786218.
* Garrido, José Ángel (2003). Minorías En El Cine: La Etnia Gitana En La Pantalla [Minorities in the Cinema: The Gypsy Ethnicity On the Screen] (in Spanish). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain: University of Barcelona. p. 254\. ISBN 978-8447526055.
* Ramón, David (1997). Dolores del Río vol. 1: Un cuento de hadas [Dolores del Río vol. 1: A Fairy Tale]. Editorial Clío. ISBN 968-6932-36-4.

## External links

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* Revenge at IMDb
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* Still at gettyimages.com

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