Adoration (1928)
73 mins | Drama | 2 December 1928
Director:
Frank LloydWriters:
Winifred Dunn, Lajos BiróCinematographer:
John SeitzEditors:
John Rawlins, Frank StoneProduction Company:
First National Pictures, Inc.A 20 Oct 1928 Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World news item stated that Kay English had just finished performing her role in the picture, indicating that production was underway around that time. However, English was not listed in reviews. The Dec 1928 edition of Motion Picture Magazine reported that an unspecified working title had been changed to Adoration. Filming took place at the First National Pictures, Inc., studio lot in Burbank, CA. On 19 Jan 1929, Exhibitors Herald-World listed the picture as a “new film” screening at the Strand Theatre in New York City. ...
A 20 Oct 1928 Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World news item stated that Kay English had just finished performing her role in the picture, indicating that production was underway around that time. However, English was not listed in reviews. The Dec 1928 edition of Motion Picture Magazine reported that an unspecified working title had been changed to Adoration. Filming took place at the First National Pictures, Inc., studio lot in Burbank, CA. On 19 Jan 1929, Exhibitors Herald-World listed the picture as a “new film” screening at the Strand Theatre in New York City.
On the eve of the Russian Revolution, Prince Serge Orloff mistakenly comes to believe that his wife, Elena, is having an affair with Vladimir. Before Serge can confront Elena with his suspicions, however, fighting breaks out and they are forced to flee separately to Paris; Elena becomes a model, and when he is not too drunk, Serge works as a waiter. Elena finds Serge, but he refuses to believe that she was not Vladimir's mistress. In desperation, Elena goes to Vladimir and pleads with him to tell Serge the truth; he refuses, but Serge, who has followed Elena, overhears the conversation and at last is convinced of her ...
On the eve of the Russian Revolution, Prince Serge Orloff mistakenly comes to believe that his wife, Elena, is having an affair with Vladimir. Before Serge can confront Elena with his suspicions, however, fighting breaks out and they are forced to flee separately to Paris; Elena becomes a model, and when he is not too drunk, Serge works as a waiter. Elena finds Serge, but he refuses to believe that she was not Vladimir's mistress. In desperation, Elena goes to Vladimir and pleads with him to tell Serge the truth; he refuses, but Serge, who has followed Elena, overhears the conversation and at last is convinced of her innocence.
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