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The Masks of the Devil
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 5575 feet / 68 minutes
Directed by Victor Seastrom (Victor Sjöström)

Cast: John Gilbert [Baron Reiner], Alma Rubens [Countess Zellner], Theodore Roberts [Count Palester], Frank Reicher [Count Zellner], Eva von Berne [Virginia], Ralph Forbes [Manfred], Ethel Wales [Virginia’s aunt], Polly Ann Young

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Victor Seastrom Production; A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture]. / From the novel The Masks of Erwin Reiner by Jacob Wasserman. Scenario by Frances Marion, from an adaptation by Svend Gade of the novel Die Masken Erwin Reiners by Jakob Wassermann. Production design by Cedric Gibbons. Gowns (costume design) by Adrian (Gilbert Adrian). Song “Live and Love” by William Axt, David Mendoza (music) and Raymond Klages (lyrics). Assistant director, Harold S. Bouquet. Cinematography by Oliver Marsh. Film editor, Conrad A. Nervig. Intertitles written by Marian Ainslee and Ruth Cummings. / © 17 November 1928 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [LP25843]. Released 17 November 1928. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 11 January 2024.

References: Fell-History p. 124; Forslund-Sjöström p. 279; McIlroy-Sweden pp. 28-29; Weaver-Twenty p. 143 : Website-AFI.

 
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