The Blue Danube (1928 film)

1928 film

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 (1928-03-11)

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

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

## Cast

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* 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

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

## Preservation

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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

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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

## External links

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* The Blue Danube at IMDb
* Synopsis at AllMovie
* Lantern slide for the film
* Stills at the Nils Asther website

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Films directed by Paul Sloane

* Too Many Kisses (1925)
* Made for Love (1926)
* Eve's Leaves (1926)
* Corporal Kate (1926)
* The Blue Danube (1928)
* Hearts in Dixie (1929)
* The Cuckoos (1930)
* Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)
* War Correspondent (1932)
* The Woman Accused (1933)
* Lone Cowboy (1933)
* Straight Is the Way (1934)
* The Texans (1938)
* Geronimo (1939)

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