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The Night Watch
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6676 feet / 72 minutes
Directed by Alexander Korda

Cast: Billie Dove [Yvonne], Paul Lukas [Captain Corlaix], Donald Reed [D’Artelle], Nicholas Soussanin [Brambourg], Nicholas Bela [LeDuc], George Periolat [Fargasson], William Tooker (William H. Tooker) [Mobrayne], Gus Partos (Gusztáv Pártos) [Dagorne], Anita Garvin [Ann]

First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Scenario by Lajos Biró, from the play In the Night Watch by Michael Morton. Production supervision by Ned Marin. Cinematography by Karl Struss. Film editor, George McGuire. Intertitles written by Dwinelle Benthall and Rufus McCosh. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / © 29 August 1928 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP25578]. Released 9 September 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama: World War I.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 26 December 2012.

References: Perry-British p. 332 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.