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Rudolph Valentino.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Eagle
Also known as L’Aigle Noir in France
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6756 feet
Directed by Clarence Brown
Cast: Rudolph Valentino [Vladimir Dubrovsky], Vilma Banky [Mascha Troekouroff], Louise Dresser [The Czarina], Albert Conti [Captain Kuschka], James Marcus (James A. Marcus) [Kyrilla Troekouroff], George Nichols [the judge], Carrie Clarke Ward [Aunt Aurelia], Michael Pleschkoff [Captain Kuschka], Spottiswoode Aitken [Dubrovsky’s father], Mario Carillo [Marcel Le Blanc, the French tutor], Russell Simpson [The Eagle’s assistant], Gustav von Seyffertitz [a court servant at dinner], Otto Hoffman [the man whose purse is stolen], Eric Mayne [the official asking for a signature], Mack Swain [the innkeeper], Gary Cooper [a masked cossack], Jean de Briac, Chapo the horse
Art Finance Corporation production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck and John W. Considine Jr. Scenario by Hans Kraly (Hanns Kräly), from the novel Dubrovsky by Aleksandr Pushkin. Production design by William Cameron Menzies. Costume design by Adrian (Gilbert Adrian). Technical advisor, Michael Pleschkoff. Assistant director, Charles Dorian. Cinematography by George Barnes and J. Devereaux Jennings. Film editor, Hal C. Kern. Intertitles written by George Marion Jr. Presented by John W. Considine Jr. / © 16 November 1925 by Art Finance Corporation [LP22011]. Released 8 November 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working titles: The Untamed and The Lone Eagle.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [35mm positive]; in the film holdings of EmGee Film Library [16mm reduction positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animals: Horses - Authors: Aleksandr Puskin - Dances - Masks - Transportation: Carriages - Vengeance - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 24 September 2013.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Baer-Film p. 74; Bohn-Light p. 96; Bondanella-Hollywood pp. 134, 138, 139-140; Brownlow-Parade pp. 138, 145, 146, 245; Carroll-Matinee p. 125; Cary-Hollywood p. 126c; Dardis-Keaton p. 137; Everson-American pp. 167, 310; FilmYearBook-1926 p. 39; Kael-Kiss p. 285; Lahue-Collecting p. 48; Limbacher-Feature p. 69; Maltin-Classic p. 188; MoPicAlmanac-1929 p. 11; Quirk-Colman p. 107; Sklar-Movie pp. 99, 100; Smith-Colman p. 79; Sweeney-Coming p. 89; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 126-128, 255 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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