Release Date

30 Mar, 1929

Runtime

01:27: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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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Actors

Lili Damita

Ernest Torrence

Raquel Torres

Don Alvarado

Duncan Renaldo

Henry B. Walthall

Michael Vavitch

Emily Fitzroy

Jane Winton

Crew

Marian Ainslee

Thornton Wilder

Charles Brabin

Ruth Cummings

Alice D.G. Miller

Margaret Booth

Hunt Stromberg

Cedric Gibbons

Adrian

Merritt B. Gerstad

Homer Van Pelt