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Arnold Kent.
Frame enlargement: courtesy Dave Manetti.
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The Woman Disputed
Also known as La femme disputée in France : {A Woman Disputed}
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 8129 feet
Directed by Henry King and Sam Taylor
Cast: Norma Talmadge [Mary Ann Wagner], Gilbert Roland [Paul Hartman], Arnold Kent (Lido Manetti) [Nika Turgenov], Boris de Fas [the passer-by], Michael Vavitch [Father Roche], Gustav von Seyffertitz [Otto Krueger], Gladys Brockwell [the countess], Nicholas Soussanin [the count], Albert Ballin [extra]
Joseph M. Schenck Productions production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. Scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan, from the play The Woman Disputed by Denison Clift inspired by the short story “Boule de Suif” by Guy de Maupassant. Theme song “Woman Disputed, I Love You” by Edward Grossman and Ted Ward (music and lyrics). Production design by William Cameron Menzies. Cinematography by Oliver Marsh. Film editor, Hal Kern. Intertitles written by C. Gardner Sullivan. Music score by Hugo Riesenfeld. Presented by Joseph M. Schenck. / © 17 October 1928 by United Artists Corporation [LP25736]. [?] Premiered September 1928? Released 21 October 1928. / [?] 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. / Talmadge’s last silent film. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version (at 8051 feet) by United Artists Corporation in 1928. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm positive (silent version)]; and in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Espionage: Spies - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 15 May 2017.
References: Kobal-Fifty p. 39; Schuchman-Hollywood p. 27; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 209-210; Weaver-Twenty p. 452 : Website-AFI; Website-Talmadge.
Home video: DVD.
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