The Swan (1925 film)
| The Swan | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dimitri Buchowetzki |
| Written by | Melville Baker (adaptation) Dimitri Buchowetzki (scenario) |
| Based on | play, The Swan, by Ferenc Molnar |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Cinematography | Alvin Wyckoff |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | February 16, 1925 |
Running time | 6 reels (5,889 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Swan (1925) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Production background
The film is based on Melville Baker's 1923 Broadway play adaptation, The Swan, of Ferenc Molnar's play A Hattyu Vigjatek Harom Felvonasbarn.
This film was directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, a recent Russian immigrant working for Famous Players-Lasky. Buchowetzki had directed pictures in Russia, Sweden, and Germany. The story of this film was remade in 1930 as One Romantic Night, an early talkie for Lillian Gish, and in Technicolor as a 1956 vehicle for Grace Kelly.
Cast
- Frances Howard - Alexandra, The Swan
- Adolphe Menjou - Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
- Ricardo Cortez - Dr. Walter, the Tutor
- Ida Waterman - Princess Beatrice
- Helen Lindroth - Amphirosa
- Helen Lee Worthing - Wanda von Gluck
- Joseph Depew - Prince George
- George Walcott - Prince Arsene
- Michael Visaroff - Father Hyacinth
- Michael Vavitch - Colonel Wunderlich (as Mikhael Vavitch)
- Nicholas Soussanin - Lutzow
- Arthur Donaldson - Franz, the Court Chamberlain
- General Lodijensky - Master of the Hunt
- Clare Eames - Princess Dominica
Preservation status
This silent version survives and can be found on home video and DVD.[1][2]