The Blue Danube
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Directed byPaul Sloane
Written byHarry Carr (writer)
Paul Sloane (writer)
John W. Krafft (titles)
Edwin Justus Mayer (titles)
Story byJohn Farrow
Produced byCecil B. DeMille
Ralph Block
StarringLeatrice Joy
Joseph Schildkraut
CinematographyArthur C. Miller
Edited byMargaret Darrell
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • March 11, 1928 (1928-03-11)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent Version
Sound Version
(English Intertitles)

The Blue Danube is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film starring Leatrice Joy. Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. This picture was produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Paul Sloane with a distribution through Pathé Exchange.[1][2]

Plot

A romance set in Austria before, during, and after World War I.

Cast

Music

The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Moonlight on the Danube” which was composed by Byron Gay.

Preservation

A print of The Blue Danube is preserved at the Library of Congress, Archives Du Film Du CNC(Bois d'Arcy), BFI National Film And Television Archive.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ The Blue Danube at silentera.com
  2. ^ "Hersholt Signs as Simon Levi in New Picture". Los Angeles Times. October 30, 1927. p. 27.
  3. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 19, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:The Blue Danube

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Films directed by Paul Sloane
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