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The Swan

"" A 'SWAN' IS A GIRL WHOSE 'NO' MEANS 'YES'""

The Swan (1925) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Melville Baker's 1923 Broadway play adaptation, The Swan, of Ferenc Molnar's play A Hattyu Vigjatek Harom Felvonasbarn. This film was directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, a recent Russian immigrant working for Famous Players-Lasky. Buchowetzki had directed pictures in Russia, Sweden, and Germany. The story of this film was remade in 1930 as One Romantic Night, an early talkie for Lillian Gish, and in Technicolor as a 1956 vehicle for Grace Kelly.

Top Cast

  • Frances Howard

    Frances Howard

    Alexandra, The Swan

  • Adolphe Menjou

    Adolphe Menjou

    Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels

  • Ricardo Cortez

    Ricardo Cortez

    Dr. Walter, the Tutor

  • Ida Waterman

    Ida Waterman

    Princess Beatrice

  • Helen Lindroth

    Helen Lindroth

    Amphirosa

  • Helen Lee Worthing

    Helen Lee Worthing

    Wanda von Gluck

  • Joseph Depew

    Joseph Depew

    Prince George

  • George Walcott

    George Walcott

    Prince Arsene

  • Michael Vavitch

    Michael Vavitch

    Colonel Wunderlich (as Mikhael Vavitch)

Overview

The Swan (1925) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Melville Baker's 1923 Broadway play adaptation, The Swan, of Ferenc Molnar's play A Hattyu Vigjatek Harom Felvonasbarn. This film was directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, a recent Russian immigrant working for Famous Players-Lasky. Buchowetzki had directed pictures in Russia, Sweden, and Germany. The story of this film was remade in 1930 as One Romantic Night, an early talkie for Lillian Gish, and in Technicolor as a 1956 vehicle for Grace Kelly.

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