The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
1h 27m
Running Time
March 30, 1929Release Date
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
1h 27m
Running Time
March 30, 1929Release Date
Plot.
This first cinematic version of the classic book is a part-talkie, although the only surviving print is silent (housed in the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY). It is a straight-forward telling of the intermingled lives of a group of strangers doomed to die in a collapsing bridge accident. The Art Direction, paltry and unremarkable, surprisingly won an Oscar over the far more remarkable work nominated in THE IRON MASK. The special effect scene of the lovers plummeting with the bridge into the chasm is unforgettable and remarkably done.
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Cast & Crew.
Lili Damita
Camila (La Perichole)
Ernest Torrence
Uncle Pio
Raquel Torres
Pepita
Don Alvarado
Manuel
Duncan Renaldo
Esteban
Henry B. Walthall
Father Juniper
Michael Vavitch
Viceroy
Emily Fitzroy
Marquesa
Details.
Wiki.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) is a film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in both silent and part-talkie versions. The film was directed by Charles Brabin and starred Lili Damita and Don Alvarado. Only the silent version exists at the George Eastman House film archive.
The film closely follows the bestselling 1927 Thornton Wilder novel of the same name and won the second Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
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