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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)

Drama
Release Date: 1929, March 30
Directors: Charles Brabin
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Jane Winton, Lili Damita, Henry B. Walthall, Ernest Torrence, Duncan Renaldo, Don Alvarado, Emily Fitzroy, Raquel Torres, Michael Vavitch

Overview:

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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