Dream of Love
| Dream of Love | |
|---|---|
 Original Film Poster | |
| Directed by | Fred Niblo |
| Screenplay by | Dorothy Farnum Marian Ainslee (titles) Ruth Cummings (titles) |
| Based on | Adrienne Lecouvreur by Ernest Legouvé and Eugène Scribe |
| Produced by | Fred Niblo |
| Starring | Joan Crawford Nils Asther Aileen Pringle Warner Oland |
| Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | James C. McKay |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles |
| Budget | $221,000[1] |
| Box office | $571,000[1] |
Dream of Love is a 1928 American synchronized sound biographical drama film directed by Fred Niblo, and starring Joan Crawford and Nils Asther. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The sound was recorded via the Western Electric sound system. The film is based on the 1849 French tragedy Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé.[2]
In the film, Asther plays Prince Maurice de Saxe and Crawford plays Adrienne Lecouvreur, a Gypsy performer, in a tale of lost love and revenge. Dream of Love is now considered lost.[3][4][5]
Plot
Adrienne, a Gypsy girl performing in a
Cast
- Nils Asther as Prince Maurice de Saxe
- Joan Crawford as Adrienne Lecouvreur
- Aileen Pringle as The Duchess
- Warner Oland as The Duke, Current Dictator
- Carmel Myers as The Countess
- Harry Reinhardt as Count
- Harry Myersas The Baron
- Alphonse Martell as Michonet
- Fletcher Norton as Ivan
Music
The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Love O’ Mine” which was composed by Ernst Luz and published as sheet music by Robbins.
Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $339,000 in the US and Canada and $232,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $138,000.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- ^ Dream of Love at silentera.com database
- ISBN 978-0-253-22299-2.
- ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Dream of Love
External links
- Dream of Love at IMDb
- Dream of Love at AllMovie
- Dream of Love at the TCM Movie Database
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