One Stolen Night is a 1929 American sound part-talkie adventure crime film directed by Scott R. Dunlap, and starring Betty Bronson, William Collier Jr., Mitchell Lewis, Harry Todd, and Charles Hill Mailes. 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 soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film is based on the short story The Arab by D. D. Calhoun. It is a remake of the 1923 film with the same name. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 16, 1929.[2][3][4]
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- Betty Bronson as Jeanne
- William Collier Jr. as Bob
- Mitchell Lewis as Blossom
- Harry Todd as Blazer
- Charles Hill Mailes as Doad
- Nina Quartero as Chyra
- Rose Dione as Madame Blossom
- Otto Lederer as Abou-Ibu-Adam
- Angelo Rossitto as The Dwarf
- Jack Santoro as Brandon
- Harry Schultz as The Sheik
Music[]
The film features a theme song entitled "My Cairo Love" with music by J.S. Zamecnik and lyrics by Harry D. Kerr.
Reception[]
According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $227,000 domestically and $15,000 foreign.[1]
Preservation[]
The film survives in a 9.5mm copy at the BFI film archive.[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 7 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ↑ "One Stolen Night". Retrieved on April 12, 2018.
- ↑ "One Stolen Night". Retrieved on April 12, 2018.
- ↑ "One Stolen Night". Retrieved on April 12, 2018.
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