Revenge (1928 film)

Revenge is a 1928 synchronized American sound drama film directed by Edwin Carewe. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film starred Dolores del Río, James A. Marcus, LeRoy Mason, and Rita Carewe. The film was inspired by the novel The Daughter of the Bear Tamer by Konrad Bercovici.^[1][2][3][4]

Revenge
Promotional poster for the film
Directed by	Edwin Carewe Joseph Schenck
Written by	Finis Fox
Based on	The Daughter of the Bear Tamer by Konrad Bercovici
Produced by	Edwin Carewe
Starring	Dolores del Río James A. Marcus LeRoy Mason Rita Carewe
Cinematography	Al Green Robert Kurrle
Edited by	Jeanne Spencer
Music by	Hugo Riesenfeld
Production company	Edwin Carewe Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	November 3, 1928 (1928-11-03) [1]
Running time	70 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized) (English intertitles)

Cast

in billing order:^[5]

• Dolores del Río as Rascha
• James A. Marcus as Costa
• Sophia Ortiga as Binka
• LeRoy Mason as Jorga
• Rita Carewe as Tina
• José Crespo as Stefan
• Sam Appel as Jancu
• Marta Golden as Leana
• Jess Cavin as Lieutenant De Jorga

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Revenge" which was written by Joe Young (lyricist), Sam M. Lewis (lyricist) and Harry Akst (composer). Hugo Riesenfeld arranged and directed the musical score for the film. A second song entitled "Dolores," which was composed by Ted Ward and Edward A. Grossman, was also featured on the soundtrack of the film.

Production

Dolores del Río had the luxury of renaming the film adaptation as Revenge, as she believed that all of her film successes began with the letter "R" (Resurrection (1927), Ramona (1928), and The Red Dance (1928)).^[6] While del Rio was in the middle of divorcing Jaime Martínez del Río in 1926, Revenge was abandoned. She eventually divorced him in 1928.^[7] Production resumed on Revenge in June 1928 and was finished filming by August 1928.^[8]

Cinematography

Revenge's cinematographers were Al Green and Robert Kurrle.^[1]

Editing

Editing of Revenge was done by Jeanne Spencer.^[1]

Reception

Release

Revenge was released on November 3, 1928, in United States film theatres.^[1]

Preservation

Complete prints of Revenge are held at the George Eastman Museum, the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Archives Du Film Du CNC.^[9]

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)