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Glorious Betsy
(1928) United States of America
B&W : [?] Seven or Eight? reels / 7091 feet
Directed by Alan Crosland

Cast: Dolores Costello [Betsy Patterson], Conrad Nagel [Jérôme Bonaparte], John Miljan [Preston], Marc MacDermott (Marc McDermott) [Colonel Patterson], Pasquale Amato [Napoléon Bonaparte], Michael Vavitch [Captain St. Pierre], Andrés de Segurola [Captain Du Fresne], Paul Panzer [the ship captain], Clarissa Selwynne [Aunt Mary], Betty Blythe [Princess Fredericka]

Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. / Screenplay by Anthony Coldeway, from the play Glorious Betsy by Rida Johnson Young. Assistant director, Gordon Hollingshead. Cinematography by Hal Mohr. Recording engineer, George R. Groves. Film editor, Thomas Pratt. Intertitles written by Jack Jarmuth. / © 5 April 1928 by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated [LP25131]. Premiered 26 April 1928 at Warners Theatre in New York, New York. General release, 9 June 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821) - ynchronized sound film - USA: Maryland: Baltimore

Listing updated: 23 December 2009.

References: Geduld-Birth p. 139 : ClasIm-226 p. 43 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Manish Patwari.

 
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