Tempest (1928 film)

1928 film by Sam Taylor

Tempest

Directed by|

* Sam Taylor
* Lewis Milestone (uncredited)
* Victor Tourjansky (uncredited)

Written by|

* Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko
* C. Gardner Sullivan
* Lewis Milestone (uncredited)
* Erich von Stroheim (uncredited)
* George Marion Jr. (intertitles; uncredited)

Produced by|

* John W. Considine Jr.
* Joseph M. Schenck

Starring|

* John Barrymore
* Camilla Horn
* George Fawcett
* Louis Wolheim

Cinematography| Charles Rosher
Edited by| Allen McNeil

Production
company

Feature Productions

Distributed by| United Artists

Release date

* May 27, 1928 (1928-05-27)

Running time

| 111 minutes
Country| United States
Languages| Sound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles
Budget| $1.2 million[1]

Tempest is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Sam Taylor. 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. V. I. Nemirovich-Dantchenko wrote the screenplay and William Cameron Menzies won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in the film in 1929, the first year of the awards ceremony.[2] John Barrymore and Camilla Horn star in the film, with Louis Wolheim co-starring.[3]

Preserved by two US archives George Eastman House and UCLA Film and TV.[4]

## Plot

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The film is set during final days of Czarist Russia and revolves around a peasant who rises through the ranks of the Russian army ending up a lieutenant. His life is made increasingly difficult by the aristocrats and officers around him who are resentful of his progress. He then finds himself rejected by a princess he falls in love with and, having been caught in her room, is put in prison. There he is stripped of his rank, but soon after the Russian Civil War starts, and as a result of the Red Terror, the tables are turned.

## Cast

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* John Barrymore as Sgt. Ivan Markov
* Camilla Horn as Princess Tamara
* Louis Wolheim as Sgt. Bulba
* Boris de Fast as Peddler / Commissar
* George Fawcett as General
* Ullrich Haupt as Captain
* Michael Visaroff as Guard

## Music

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The film featured a theme song entitled "Out Of The Tempest" which was composed by Edward Grossman and Ted Ward.

## Accolades

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The film won the first Academy Award for Production Design along with 1927's The Dove as both were designed by William Cameron Menzies.[5] The award was originally called Best Interior Decoration.

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ "High Cost Films Displeasing Schenck". Variety. December 28, 1927. p. 8.
2. ^ "NY Times: Tempest". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Tempest
4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Tempest
5. ^ "The 1st Academy Awards (1929) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 19, 2019.

## External links

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* Tempest at IMDb
* Tempest is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
* Tempest at SilentEra
* Tempest at Virtual History

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Films directed by Sam Taylor

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* Dr. Jack (1922)
* The Mohican's Daughter (1922)
* Safety Last! (1923)
* Why Worry? (1923)
* Girl Shy (1924)
* Hot Water (1924)
* The Freshman (1925)
* For Heaven's Sake (1926)
* Exit Smiling (1926)
* My Best Girl (1927)
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* The Woman Disputed (1928)
* Coquette (1929)
* The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
* Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930)
* Kiki (1931)
* Skyline (1931)
* Ambassador Bill (1931)
* Devil's Lottery (1932)
* Out All Night (1933)
* The Cat's-Paw (1934)
* Vagabond Lady (1935)
* Nothing but Trouble (1944)

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Films by Victor Tourjansky

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* The Unknown Singer (1931)
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* The Orderly (1933)
* Volga in Flames (1934)
* The Battle (1934)
* Dark Eyes (1935)
* The World's in Love (1935)
* La Peur (1936)
* City of Anatol (1936)
* Wells in Flames (1937)
* The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937)
* Faded Melody (1938)
* Secret Code LB 17 (1938)
* The Blue Fox (1938)
* The Postmaster's Daughter (1938)
* The Governor (1939)
* A Woman Like You (1939)
* Enemies (1940)
* The Chaste Beloved (1940)
* Illusion (1941)
* Love Stories (1943)
* Tonelli (1943)
* Orient Express (1944)
* Three Times Comedy (1945)
* The Blue Straw Hat (1949)
* The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice (1950)
* Chased by the Devil (1950)
* Marriage for One Night (1953)
* Salto Mortale (1953)
* Arlette Conquers Paris (1953)
* Daybreak (1954)
* Island of the Dead (1955)
* The Royal Waltz (1955)
* The Goddess of Love (1957)
* Heart Without Mercy (1958)
* Herod the Great (1959)
* Prisoner of the Volga (1959)
* The Cossacks (1960)
* The Pharaohs' Woman (1960)
* The Triumph of Michael Strogoff (1961)
* A Queen for Caesar (1962)

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