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Greta Nissen.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Fazil
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 7217 feet / 88 minutes
Directed by Howard Hawks
Cast: Charles Farrell [Prince Fazil], Greta Nissen [Fabienne], Mae Busch [Helene Debreuze], Vadim Uraneff (Vadim Uranoff) [Ahmed], Tyler Brooke [Jacques Debreuze], Eddie Sturgis [Rice], Josephine Borio [Aicha], John Boles [John Clavering], John T. Murray [the gondolier], Erville Alderson [Iman Idris], Dale Fuller [Zouroya], Hank Mann [Ali]
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Seton I. Miller, from the adaptation by Philip Klein of the play L’Insoumise by Pierre Frondaie. Assistant director, James Tinling. Cinematography by L. William O’Connell. Music by S.L. Rothafel and Erno Rapee. Presented by William Fox. / © 14 November 1928 by Fox Film Corporation [LP24650]. Premiered 4 June 1928 at the Gaiety Theatre in New York, New York. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version by Fox Film Corporation. The play was subsequently filmed by Fox (in Spanish) as La ley del harem (1931). / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: Romance.
Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 18 October 2009.
References: Maltin-Classic p. 210 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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