The Midnight Sun (film)
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| Directed by | Dimitri Buchowetzki |
| Written by | Pierre Benoît (novel) |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Laura La Plante Michael Vavitch |
| Cinematography | Jackson Rose |
| Music by | Edward Kilenyi |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Midnight Sun is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Laura La Plante, , and Michael Vavitch.[1] It is based on a novel by the French writer Pierre Benoît.[2] The film is set in pre-Revolutionary Tsarist Russia.
Ad in The Film Daily, 1926
The film includes a brief scene shot in Technicolor.
Cast[]
- Laura La Plante as Olga 'The Midnight Sun' Morova
- as Grand Duke Sergius of Russia
- Michael Vavitch as Duke's Adjutant
- Raymond Keane as Alexei Orloff, a Russian Officer
- Earl Metcalfe as Nicolai Orloff
- George Siegmann as Ivan Kusmin, a Banker
- Arthur Hoyt as Yessky, Kusmin's Secretary
- as Anisya, Olga's Companion
- Nicholas Soussanin as Duke's Aide
- Cesare Gravina as Opera Director
- Nina Romano as Barbara
- Albert Prisco as Messenger
- as Ruined Banker
Production[]
Some on-location scenes were filmed in Truckee, California.[2]
Preservation[]
A complete print of The Midnight Sun is located in the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[3] It has not been released to the public on dvd or other format.[4]
References[]
- ^ Munden p. 511
- ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: The Midnight Sun at silentera.com
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Midnight Sun
- ^ Movie Silently's Ten Most Wanted Silent Films (That Still Live in Vaults), at moviessilently.com
Bibliography[]
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links[]
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- 1926 films
- 1926 drama films
- American films
- American drama films
- American silent feature films
- English-language films
- Universal Pictures films
- Films directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki
- Films set in Russia
- Films set in the 1910s
- Films based on French novels
- American black-and-white films
- Silent films in color
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