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]
| Revenge | |
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 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 |
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Running time | 70 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English intertitles) |
Cast
- 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
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
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
Revenge's cinematographers were Al Green and Robert Kurrle.[1]
Editing
Editing of Revenge was done by Jeanne Spencer.[1]
Reception
Release
Revenge was released on November 3, 1928, in United States film theatres.[1]
Preservation
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
References
Citations
Sources
- 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.
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