General Crack
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| Directed by | Alan Crosland |
| Written by | J. Grubb Alexander (scenario & dialogue) Walter Anthony (adaptation) |
| Based on | General Crack by George R. Preedy |
| Produced by | Ned Marin |
| Starring | John Barrymore |
| Cinematography | Tony Gaudio (Technicolor) |
| Edited by | Harold McLernon |
| Music by | Rex Dunn |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (All-Talking) English |
| Budget | $801,000[1] |
| Box office | $1,320,000[1] |
General Crack is a 1929 American
Plot
The film takes place in the 18th century Austria and revolves around Prince Christian, commonly known as General Crack (John Barrymore). His father had been a respectable member of the upper ranks of the nobility but his mother was a gypsy. General Crack, as a soldier of fortune, spent his adult life selling his services to the highest bidder. He espouses the doubtful cause of Leopold II of Austria (Lowell Sherman, reigned 1790-1792) after demanding the sister of the emperor in marriage as well as half of the gold of the Holy Roman Empire. Before he has finished his work, however, he meets a gypsy dancer (Armida) and weds her. Complications arise when he takes his gypsy wife to the Austrian court and falls desperately in love with the emperor's sister (Marian Nixon). The court sequence was originally in Technicolor and proved to be Barrymore's last appearance in color.[3]
Cast
- John Barrymore as Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
- Philippe De Lacy as Young Christian
- Lowell Sherman as Leopold II
- Marian Nixon as Archduchess Maria Luisa
- Armidaas Fidelia
- Hobart Bosworth as Count Hensdorff
- Jacqueline Logan as Countess Carola
- Otto Matieson as Col. Gabor
- Andrés de Segurola as Col. Pons
- Douglas Gerrard as Capt. Sweeney
- Wilhelm von Brincken as Capt. Schmidt (credited as William von Brincken)
- General Lodijensky as Capt Banning (credited as Theodore Lodi)
- Nick Thompson as Typsy Chieftain
- Curt Rehfeld as Lt. Dennis
- Julanne Johnston as Court Lady
- Guy Schact as Pietro
- Carrie Daumery as Madame Frump (credited as Madame Daumery)
Box office
According to Warner Bros records the film earned $919,000 domestic and $401,000 foreign.[1]
Preservation
The sound version of General Crack is
See also
- List of early color feature films
- List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
- List of incomplete or partially lost films
References
- ^ a b c Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 10 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: General Crack at the silentera.com
- ^ He had previously appeared in The Show of Shows (1929) in color.
- YouTube
- ^ Film details, books.google.com.pe; accessed January 20, 2016.
External links
- General Crack at the American Film Institute Catalog
- General Crack at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- General Crack details, virtual-history.com
