Janet Gaynor and George O’Brien.     Photo: Silent Era low-res collection.

Cast: George O’Brien [the man], Janet Gaynor [the wife], Margaret Livingston [the woman from the city], Bodil Rosing [the maid], J. Farrell MacDonald [the photographer], Ralph Sipperly [the barber], Jane Winton [the manicure girl], Arthur Housman [the obtrusive gentleman], Eddie Boland [the obliging gentleman], Gibson Gowland, F.W. Murnau [man on ferryboat], Sally Eilers, Gino Corrado, Barry Norton, Robert Kortman, Sidney Bracey, Harry Semels, Phillips Smalley

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Produced by William Fox. Scenario by Carl Mayer, from the story “Die Reise nach Tilsit” (The Journey to Tilsit) by Hermann Sudermann. Art direction by Rochus Gliese, assisted by Edgar G. Ulmer and Alfred Metscher. Technical effects by Frank Williams. Assistant director Herman Bing. Cinematography by Karl Struss and Charles Rosher. Assistant photographers Hal Carney and Stuart Thompson. Intertitles by Katharine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell. Edited by Katharine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell. Original music score by Erno Rapee. Synchronized sound music score by Hugo Riesenfeld. Presented by William Fox. / © 12 June 1927 by Fox Film Corporation [LP24070]. Premiere 23 September 1927 at the Times Square Theatre, New York, New York. Released 29 November 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film sound system. / Academy Award winner for Actress, Cinematography, and Artistic Quality of Production. Gaynor was an Academy Award winner for her work in 7th Heaven (1927) and Street Angel (1928). [?] AFI-F2 n. F2.5469 lists the general release date as 4 November 1928. [?] Website-IMDb credits editing to Harold D. Schuster. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House film archive [35mm preservation positive]; outtake footage exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Keywords: Amusement parks - Cameras: Still - Crime: Murder (Attempted) - Farmers - Families: Husband-wife relationships - Love triangles - Photographers - Plows - Reconciliations - Restaurants - Statues - Synchronized sound film - Transportation: Boats, Streetcars, Trolleys - Vamps - Water

Listing updated: 16 March 2007.

References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.5469; Altman-Sound p. 10; Bohn-Light p. xxv; Brownlow-Parade pp. 152, 229, 231, 232, 234; Dowd-Vidor p. 146; Drew-Speaking p. 2; Everson-American pp. 11, 138, 149, 208, 246u, 304, 310h, 316, 322, 324, 325, 326-327, 328, 333, 336, 342; Gallagher-Ford pp. 36, 37, 48, 49, 52, 55, 58, 59; Geduld-Birth p. 38; Higashi-Virgins p. 74; Leish-Cinema p. 49; Limbacher-Feature p. 238; Lloyd-Seventy pp. 33, 34; Maltin-Guide pp. 1128, 1225, 1238; McCaffrey-Guide p. 12; Ryall-Blackmail pp. 12, 13; Sato-Currents p. 32; Shipman-Cinema pp. 96-97; Sinyard-Silent pp. 161, 163; Sklar-Movie pp. 87, 100; Skretvedt-LaurelHardy p. 437; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 177-181; Webb-Hollywood pp. 35, 80 : Cinemonkey-16 pp. 15, 16, 17, 38, 44; Cinemonkey-17 pp. 20-21 : Website-IMDb.

Home Video: DVD.