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Greta Nissen.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Fazil
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 7217 feet / 88 minutes
Directed by Howard Hawks
Cast: Charles Farrell [Prince Fazil], Greta Nissen [Fabienne], John Boles [John Clavering], Mae Busch [Helene Debreuze], Tyler Brooke [Jacques Debreuze], Vadim Uraneff (Vadim Uranoff) [Ahmed], Eddie Sturgis [Rice], Josephine Borio [Aicha], John T. Murray [the gondolier], Erville Alderson [Iman Idris], Dale Fuller [Zouroya, keeper of the harem], Hank Mann [Ali, a eunuch], Gino Corrado [the sultan’s messenger], Sally Eilers [a harem girl], Constantine Romanoff [the executioner]
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [Howard Hawks Production]. / Scenario by Seton I. Miller, from the adaptation by Philip Klein of the play L’Insoumise by Pierre Frondaie. Set decoration by William S. Darling. Costume design by Kathleen Kay. Assistant director, James Tinling. Cinematography by L. William O’Connell. Music by S.L. Rothafel and Erno Rapee. Film editor, Ralph Dixon. Presented by William Fox. / © 14 November 1928 by Fox Film Corporation [LP24650]. Premiered 4 June 1928 at the Gaiety Theatre in New York, New York. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound version) and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent version). Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version by Fox Film Corporation. The play was subsequently filmed by Fox (in Spanish) as La ley del harem (1931). / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: Romance.
Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 26 January 2025.
References: Maltin-Classic p. 210 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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