The Swan
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5889 feet
Directed by Dmitri Buchowetzki
Cast: Frances Howard [Alexandra, the Swan], Adolphe Menjou [His Royal Highness Albert of Kersten-Rodenfels], Ricardo Cortez [Doctor Walter, the tutor], Ida Waterman [Princess Beatrice], Helen Lindroth [Amphirosa], Helen Lee Worthing [Wanda von Gluck], Joseph Depew [Prince George], George Walcott [Prince Arsene], Michael Visaroff [Father Hyacinth], Mikael Vavitch [Colonel Wunderlich], Nicholas Soussanin [Lutzow], Arthur Donaldson [Franz, the court chamberlain], General Lodijensky [master of the hunt], Clare Eames [Princess Dominica]
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Dimitri Buchowetzki, from the play adaptation The Swan by Melville C. Baker of the play Á Hattyú Vigjatek Három Felvonasbarn by Ferenc Molnár. Cinematography by Alvin Wyckoff. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / © 17 February 1925 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP21173]. Released 16 February 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy: Romance.
Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [35mm positive]; and in a private film collection [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Marriages (Arranged)
Listing updated: 24 September 2013.
References: Everson-American p. 322; FilmYearBook-1926 pp. 55, 61 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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