His Captive Woman
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| Directed by | George Fitzmaurice |
| Written by | Carey Wilson (scenario) Paul Perez (dialogue, titles) |
| Based on | Changeling, a short story by Donn Byrne from Changeling and Other Stories c.1923 |
| Produced by | Richard A. Rowland |
| Starring | Milton Sills Dorothy Mackaill |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
| Edited by | Stuart Heisler |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
His Captive Woman is a 1929 American sound part-talkie part-talking drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Milton Sills and Dorothy Mackaill.[1] In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. According to the film review in Variety, 50 percent of the total running time featured dialogue. [2] These talking sequences all took place during the courtroom scenes in the picture. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. This film is "based on the short story "Changeling" by Donn Byrne in Changeling and Other Stories (New York, 1923)."[3] It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures which was already a subsidiary of the Warner Brothers studios. Both Mackaill and Sills as well as director Fitzmaurice had worked together on the previous year's The Barker.[4][5]
Cast
- Milton Sills as Officer Thomas McCarthy
- Dorothy Mackaill as Anna Janssen
- Gladden James as Alastair De Vries
- Jed Prouty as Fatty Fargo
- Sidney Bracey as Means
- Gertrude Howard as Lavoris Smythe
- Marion Byron as Baby Meyers
- George Fawcett as Howard Donegan
- William Holden as The Court Judge
- Frank Reicher as The District Attorney
- August Tollaire as The Governor of the Island
Music
The soundtrack features two theme songs, namely, Irving Berlin's "Lady of the Evening" and Victor Herbert's "To The Land Of My Own Romance" which are played instrumentally throughout the picture.
Preservation
Prints of His Captive Woman are maintained in the Library of Congress and reportedly in the Gosfilmofond Archive.[4][6][7]
See also
References
- ^ "BUSHWORK - His Captive Woman". The Chat. June 28, 1929. p. 17. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ Variety 10 Apr 1929 p. 23 https://archive.org/details/variety94-1929-04/page/n90/mode/1up
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
- ^ a b "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ ""His Captive Woman"". "Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune". February 16, 1929. p. 4. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection in The Library of Congress, p. 80, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: His Captive Woman
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