Dream of Love

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This article is about the 1928 film. For the television episode, see Dream of Love (Adventure Time). For similar uses, see Dreams of Love.

Dream of Love
Original Film Poster
Directed byFred Niblo
Screenplay byDorothy Farnum
Marian Ainslee
(titles)
Ruth Cummings
(titles)
Based onAdrienne Lecouvreur
by Ernest Legouvé and Eugène Scribe
Produced byFred Niblo
StarringJoan Crawford
Nils Asther
Aileen Pringle
Warner Oland
CinematographyOliver T. Marsh
William H. Daniels
Edited byJames C. McKay
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • December 1, 1928 (1928-12-01)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles
Budget$221,000[1]
Box office$571,000[1]

Dream of Love is a 1928 American synchronized sound biographical drama film directed by Fred Niblo, and starring Joan Crawford and Nils Asther. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The sound was recorded via the Western Electric sound system. The film is based on the 1849 French tragedy Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé.[2]

In the film, Asther plays Prince Maurice de Saxe and Crawford plays Adrienne Lecouvreur, a Gypsy performer, in a tale of lost love and revenge. Dream of Love is now considered lost.[3][4][5]

Plot[edit]

Adrienne, a Gypsy girl performing in a traveling carnival, is unable to find true love for herself until she makes the acquaintance of Prince Maurice. They fall in love, but must part when, for diplomatic reasons, the prince is called upon to make love to the rich wife of an influential duke. Adrienne later becomes a popular stage actress and again meets the prince. Coincidentally, she is appearing in a play which resembles the sad story of her earlier relationship with the prince. Maurice is struggling to win his throne from a usurping dictator. With Adrienne's help, he dodges an assassination attempt and becomes king.

Cast[edit]

Music[edit]

The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Love O’ Mine” which was composed by Ernst Luz and published as sheet music by Robbins.

Box office[edit]

According to MGM records the film earned $339,000 in the US and Canada and $232,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $138,000.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ White Munden, Kenneth (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 202. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
  3. ^ Dream of Love at silentera.com database
  4. ^ Munich, Adrienne, ed. (2011). Fashion In Film. Indiana University Press. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-253-22299-2.
  5. ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Dream of Love

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