The Midnight Sun (1926 film)
| The Midnight Sun | |
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| Directed by | Dimitri Buchowetzki |
| Written by | Pierre Benoît (novel) Andrew Percival Younger |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Laura La Plante Pat O'Malley Michael Vavitch |
| Cinematography | Jackson Rose Ernest F. Smith |
| Music by | Edward Kilenyi |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | April 23, 1926 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Midnight Sun is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Laura La Plante, Pat O'Malley and Michael Vavitch.[1] The film is set in pre-Revolutionary Tsarist Russia. It is based on a novel by the French writer Pierre Benoît.
The film includes a brief scene shot in Technicolor.
Cast
- Laura La Plante as Olga 'The Midnight Sun' Morova
- Pat O'Malley as Grand Duke Sergius of Russia
- Michael Vavitch as Duke's Adjutant
- Raymond Keane as Alexei Orloff - Russian Officer
- Earl Metcalfe as Nicolai Orloff
- George Siegmann as Ivan Kusmin - Banker
- Arthur Hoyt as Yessky - Kusmin's Secretary
- Medea Radzina as Anisya - Olga's Companion
- Nicholas Soussanin as Duke's Aide
- Cesare Gravina as Opera Director
- Nina Romano as Barbara
- Albert Prisco as Messenger
- George B. Williams as Ruined Banker
References
- ^ Munden p.511
Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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