Revenge (1928 film)

Revenge
Promotional poster for the film
Directed by Edwin Carewe
Joseph Schenck
Produced by Edwin Carewe
Written by Finis Fox
Based on The Daughter of the Bear Tamer
by Konrad Bercovici
Starring Dolores del Río
James A. Marcus
LeRoy Mason
Rita Carewe
Music by Hugo Riesenfeld
Cinematography Al Green
Robert Kurrle
Edited by Jeanne Spencer
Distributed by United Artists
Release date
  • October 1928 (1928-10)
Running time
 70 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Revenge is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Dolores del Río. The film was inspired by the novel The Daughter of the Bear Tamer by Konrad Bercovici.[1][2] The film had a synchronized music score and sound effects.[1] No copies of Revenge are known to exist in film archives.[1]

Cast

Production

Dolores del Río had the luxury of renaming the film adaptation as Revenge, as she believed that all of her film successes began with the letter "R" (Resurrection (1927), Ramona (1928), and The Red Dance (1928)).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Progressive Silent Film List: Revenge at silentera.com
  2. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
  3. ↑ Ramón (1997), vol. 1, p. 35


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