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  Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky.
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The Magic Flame
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 8308 feet
Directed by Henry King

Cast: Ronald Colman [Tito / the count], Vilma Banky [Bianca], Agostino Borgato [the ringmaster], Gustav von Seyffertitz [the chancellor], Harvey Clarke [aide], Shirley Palmer [the wife], Cosmo Kyrle Bellew [the husband], George Davis [the utility man], André Cheron [the manager], Vadim Uraneff [a visitor], Meurnier-Surcouf [the sword swallower], Paoli [the strong man], William Bakewell, David Mir

Samuel Goldwyn, Incorporated, production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Scenario by Bess Meredyth, from the play König Harlekin (The Harlequin King) by Rudolph Lothar. Continuity by June Mathis. Art direction by Carl Oscar Borg. Technical advisor, Captain Marco Elter. Assistant director, Robert Florey. Cinematography by George S. Barnes. Film editor, Viola Lawrence. Intertitles written by George Marion Jr. and Nellie Revell. Theme song by Sigmund Spaeth. / Premiered 26 August 1927. Premiered 18 September 1927 at Rialto Theatre in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Balio-UA p. ? lists release date as 14 August 1927. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 26 January 2015.

References: Balio-UA p. ?; MoPicAlmanac-1929 p. 11; Quirk-Colman pp. 8, 9, 17, 111, 112, 113, 154; Smith-Colman pp. 34, 81-83, 87, 298; Weaver-Twenty p. 452 : with additional information provided by Arne Andersen and Christine Lefeux.

 
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