Norma Talmadge (Dolores), Noah Beery (Don Jose Maria y Sandoval), Gilbert Roland (Johnny Powell), Eddie Borden (Billy), Harry Myers (Mike), Michael Vavitch (Gomez), Brinsley Shaw (the patriot), Kalla Pasha (the comandante), Charles Darvas (the comandante's captain), Michael Dark (Sandoval's captain), Walter Daniels (the drunk), and Alice White, Robert Gleckler, Olga Baclanova.
Director: ROLAND WEST. Adapted by Roland West, Wallace Smith and Willard Mack from the 1925 stage play by Willard Mack and the 1925 novelization of the stage play by Gerald Beaumont. Continuity: Wallace Smith and Paul Bern. Titles: Wallace Smith. Photography: Oliver T. Marsh. Film editor: Hal Kern. Art director: William Cameron Menzies. Producer: Roland West.
Presented by Joseph M. Schenck for Norma Talmadge Productions. Released through United Artists. Copyright 16 January 1928 by Joseph Schenck. New York opening at the Rialto, 31 December 1927. U.S. release: 7 January 1928. 9 reels. 9,100 feet.
SYNOPSIS: See below.
NOTES: Academy Award, Art Direction, William Cameron Menzies (shared with his "The Tempest"), defeating "Seventh Heaven" and "Sunrise." A silent film.
COMMENT: Outstanding photography and deservedly award-honored art direction enhance a triangle romance set in the Hollywood Mexico of a beautiful and virtuous saloon songstress known as "the Dove".
The Dove's chief admirers are a handsome young caballero (Gilbert Roland) and the local dictator (Noah Beery at his brutish best). Guess who wins the day?
Skillful direction by the legendary Roland West not only surrounds this familiar tale with stirring mise-en-scene, but brings out superb performances from all his players, particularly the ardent principals.
Director: ROLAND WEST. Adapted by Roland West, Wallace Smith and Willard Mack from the 1925 stage play by Willard Mack and the 1925 novelization of the stage play by Gerald Beaumont. Continuity: Wallace Smith and Paul Bern. Titles: Wallace Smith. Photography: Oliver T. Marsh. Film editor: Hal Kern. Art director: William Cameron Menzies. Producer: Roland West.
Presented by Joseph M. Schenck for Norma Talmadge Productions. Released through United Artists. Copyright 16 January 1928 by Joseph Schenck. New York opening at the Rialto, 31 December 1927. U.S. release: 7 January 1928. 9 reels. 9,100 feet.
SYNOPSIS: See below.
NOTES: Academy Award, Art Direction, William Cameron Menzies (shared with his "The Tempest"), defeating "Seventh Heaven" and "Sunrise." A silent film.
COMMENT: Outstanding photography and deservedly award-honored art direction enhance a triangle romance set in the Hollywood Mexico of a beautiful and virtuous saloon songstress known as "the Dove".
The Dove's chief admirers are a handsome young caballero (Gilbert Roland) and the local dictator (Noah Beery at his brutish best). Guess who wins the day?
Skillful direction by the legendary Roland West not only surrounds this familiar tale with stirring mise-en-scene, but brings out superb performances from all his players, particularly the ardent principals.
