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
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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.
This Movie Is About.
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pulitzer prize
Wiki.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) is a sound part-talkie film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Charles Brabin and starred Lili Damita and Don Alvarado. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The sound was recorded via the Western Electric sound-on-film process.
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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