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The Pagan
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 7459 feet
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Ramon Novarro [Henry Shoesmith Jr], Renée Adorée [Madge], Donald Crisp [Henry Slater], Dorothy Janis [Tito]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Dorothy Farnum, from a screen story by John Russell. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Song “Pagan Love Song” by Nacio Herb Brown (music) and Arthur Freed (lyrics). Assistant director, Harold S. Bucquet. Cinematography by Clyde De Vinna. Film editor, Ben Lewis. Intertitles written by John Howard Lawson. / © 1 April 1929 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation [LP262]. Released 27 April 1929. / 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, (at 7359 feet), by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: South Seas.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 31 January 2025.
References: Bardèche-History pp. 298, 311; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 169; McCaffrey-Guide p. 19; Weaver-Twenty p. 28 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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