The One Woman Idea
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6111 feet
Directed by Berthold Viertel
Cast: Rod La Rocque [Prince Ahmed], Marceline Day [Lady Alicia Douglas / Alizar, a half-caste dancer], Shirley Dorman [woman boat passenger], Sharon Lynn [woman boat passenger], Sally Phipps [woman boat passenger], Ivan Lebedeff [Hosain (Dheyyid Mizra)], Douglas Gilmore [Lord Douglas], Gino Corrado [Bordinas], Joseph W. Girard [steamship captain], Arnold Lucy [Ali], Frances Rosay [Zuleide, Alizar’s mother], Jamiel Hassen [bodyguard], Tom Tamarez [bodyguard], Coy Watson (Coy Watson Jr.) [Buttons]
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Marion Orth, from the short story “The One-Woman Idea” by Alan Williams. Production supervision by Philip Klein. Assistant director, Horace Hough. Cinematography by L. William O’Connell. Music score by Arthur Kay. / © 6 June 1929 by Fox Film Corporation [LP442]. Released 2 June 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was released in the USA in a silent version at 6106 feet by Fox Film Corporation. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: Romance.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.4023.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Listing updated: 30 April 2008.
References: AFI-F2 n. F2.4023 : ClasIm-301 p. 47.
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