Evangeline (1929 film)
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![]() Cinematographer Robert Kurrle and director Edwin Carewe filming a dusk scene for Evangeline | |
Directed by | Edwin Carewe |
Written by | Finis Fox (scenario & intertitles) |
Based on | Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck |
Starring | Dolores del Río |
Cinematography | Robert Kurrle Al M. Green |
Edited by | Jeanne Spencer |
Music by | Hugo Riesenfeld |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 9 reels (8,268 feet) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Evangeline is a 1929 American silent film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Dolores del Río. An Arthur Hopkins produced play made it to Broadway in 1913. It is the last silent film version of the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This film was released with a Vitaphone disc selection of dialogue, music, and sound effects.[1][2]
Cast[]
- Dolores del Río as Evangeline
- Roland Drew as Gabriel
- Alec B. Francis as Father Felician
- Donald Reed as Baptiste
- Paul McAllister as Benedict Bellefontaine
- James A. Marcus as Basil
- George F. Marion as Rene LeBlanc
- Bobby Mack as Michael
- Louis Payne as Governor-General
- Lee Shumway as Colonel Winslow
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Evangeline (1929 film). |
- Evangeline at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Evangeline at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Evangeline; lobby poster
Categories:
- 1929 films
- English-language films
- American films
- American silent feature films
- Films based on works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Films directed by Edwin Carewe
- 1929 drama films
- American drama films
- American black-and-white films
- 1920s silent drama film stubs