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The Swan (1925 film)

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The Swan
Directed byDimitri Buchowetzki
Written byMelville Baker
Dimitri Buchowetzki
Based onThe Swan (A Hattyú)
1914 play
by Ferenc Molnár
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
StarringFrances Howard
Adolphe Menjou
Ricardo Cortez
CinematographyAlvin Wyckoff
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • February 16, 1925 (1925-02-16)
Running time
6 reels
(5,889 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Swan is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Frances Howard, Adolphe Menjou and Ricardo Cortez. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Production background

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The film is based on Melville Baker's 1923 Broadway play adaptation, The Swan, of Ferenc Molnar's play A Hattyu Vigjatek Harom Felvonasbarn.

This film was directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, a recent Russian immigrant working for Famous Players–Lasky. Buchowetzki had directed pictures in Russia, Sweden, and Germany. The story of this film was remade in 1930 as One Romantic Night, an early talkie for Lillian Gish, and in Technicolor as a 1956 vehicle for Grace Kelly.

Full film

Cast

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Preservation status

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This silent version survives and can be found on home video and DVD.[1][2]

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