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The Secret Hour
Also known as Das Geheimnis einer Stunde in Austria; Hora Secreta in Brazil; Stjålen kærlighed in Denmark; Titkok órája in Hungary; Mendicanti d’amore in Italy; オレンジ実る頃 in Japan; Godzina zmyslów in Poland; A Hora Secreta in Portugal; Mörka timmar in Sweden : [Beggars of Love]
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by Rowland V. Lee

Cast: Pola Negri [Amy], Jean Hersholt [Tony], Kenneth Thompson [Joe], Christian J. Frank [Sam], George Kuwa [Ah Gee], George Periolat [the doctor], Sally Blane, Sammy Blum, Hope Harriman, Ben Hendricks Jr., Andrée Tourneur

Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Rowland V. Lee, from the play They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard. Cinematography by Harry Fischbeck. Film editor, Robert Bassler. Intertitles written by Julian Johnson. Theme song “The Beggar” by Ted Snyder (music) and Francis Wheeler and Irving Kahal (lyrics). Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / Released 4 February 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Sun Kissed. The film was released in Brazil as Hora Secreta on 9 July 1928. The film was released in Portugal as A Hora Secreta on 26 August 1928. The film was released in Hungary as Titkok órája on 24 January 1929. The film was released in Finland on 11 February 1929. The film was released in Denmark as Stjålen kærlighed on 7 April 1930. / [?] Silent film?

Drama: Romance.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 26 February 2023.

References: Jewell-RKO p. 152; Kobal-Fifty p. 51 : Website-IMDb.

 
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