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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
Directed by Charles Brabin
Drama · 1h 27m
This first cinematic version of the classic book is a part-talkie, although the only surviving print is silent (housed in the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY). It is a straight-forward telling of the intermingled lives of a group of strangers doomed to die in a collapsing bridge accident. The Art Direction, paltry and unremarkable, surprisingly won an Oscar over the far more remarkable work nominated in THE IRON MASK. The special effect scene of the lovers plummeting with the bridge into the chasm is unforgettable and remarkably done.
Cast
Lili Damita
Ernest Torrence
Raquel Torres
Don Alvarado
Duncan Renaldo
Henry B. Walthall
Michael Vavitch
Emily Fitzroy
Jane Winton
Crew
- Director
- Charles Brabin
- Writer
- Ruth Cummings, Alice D.G. Miller, Marian Ainslee
- Novel
- Thornton Wilder
- Director of Photography
- Merritt B. Gerstad
- Editor
- Margaret Booth
- Producer
- Hunt Stromberg
Details
- Release date
- 1929-03-30
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer