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The Swan
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5889 feet
Directed by Dmitri Buchowetzki
Cast: Adolphe Menjou [His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Kersten-Rodenfels], Frances Howard [Princess Alexandra, the Swan], Ricardo Cortez [Doctor Walter, the tutor], Ida Waterman [Princess Beatrice, Alexandra’s mother], Helen Lindroth [Amphirosa, Alexandra’s aunt], Helen Lee Worthing [Countess Wanda von Gluck, Alexandra’s lady-in-waiting], Joseph Depew [Prince George], George Walcott [Prince Arsene], M. Visaroff (Michael Visaroff) [Father Hyacinth, Alexandra’s uncle], Michael Vavitch (Mikael Vavitch) [Colonel Wunderlich, Albert’s adjutant], W. Soussanin (Nicholas Soussanin) [Lutzow, Albert’s aide], Arthur Donaldson [Franz, the court chamberlain], General Lodijensky [master of the hunt], Clare Eames [Duchess Dominica, Albert’s mother]
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Dmitri Buchowetzki Production; A Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by Dimitri Buchowetzki, from the play adaptation The Swan by Melville C. Baker of the play Á Hattyú Vigjatek Három Felvonasbarn by Ferenc Molnár. Photographed (cinematography) by Alvin Wyckoff. Titled (intertitles written) by Julian Johnson. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / © 17 February 1925 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP21173]. Released 16 February 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy: Romance.
Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [35mm positive]; and in a private film collection [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Marriages (Arranged)
Listing updated: 14 July 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Everson-American p. 322; FilmYearBook-1926 pp. 55, 61 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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