AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

Cast:

Adolphe Menjou, Kathryn Carver, Lawrence Grant [ More ]

Director:

Harry d'Abbadie D'Arrast

Writer:

Ernest Vajda

Cinematographer:

Harry Fischbeck

Production Company:

Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.
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SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
Film Daily
25 Dec 1927
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New York Times
19 Dec 1927
p. 30
Variety
21 Dec 1927
p. 22
CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTORS
Harry d'Abbadie D'Arrast
Dir
Arthur Jacobson
Art Jacobson
Asst dir
PRODUCERS
Adolph Zukor
Pres
Jesse L. Lasky
Pres
WRITERS
Ernest Vajda
Scen
Ernest Vajda
Author
PHOTOGRAPHY
Harry Fischbeck
Dir of photog
DETAILS
Release Date:
24 December 1927
Premiere Information:
New York opening: 17 Dec 1927
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.
31 December 1927
LP24821
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
5,209
Length(in reels):
6
Country:
United States
Language:
English
SYNOPSIS

Franz Rossi, a Viennese composer, falls in love with Gretchen, a poor but sympathetic girl, and marries her. Later he composes an operetta, which is a tremendous success. He neglects his wife and has an affair with his leading lady; but his wife discovers his infidelity on the eve of the 150th performance of the operetta, and she leaves him. He realizes how much Gretchen means to him, and the next day he follows her to her hotel and effects a ...

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Franz Rossi, a Viennese composer, falls in love with Gretchen, a poor but sympathetic girl, and marries her. Later he composes an operetta, which is a tremendous success. He neglects his wife and has an affair with his leading lady; but his wife discovers his infidelity on the eve of the 150th performance of the operetta, and she leaves him. He realizes how much Gretchen means to him, and the next day he follows her to her hotel and effects a reconciliation.

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GENRE
Genre:
Romance


Subject
Subject (Major):
Composers
Infidelity
Opera
Singers
Vienna (Austria)

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