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Before movies talked, they clacked with swords, gonged with wedding bells and pulsed with perfectly matched orchestral accompaniment. The process that made it happen was Vitaphone, a sound-on-disk system that made its feature-film debut in this lavish 1926 classic.
Starring in this swashbuckling tale of the world’s most famed lover is the greatest actor of his day: John Barrymore. As Don Juan, he pursues his conquests with rakish abandon. But one glimpse of exquisite Adriana (Mary Astor) and he finds true love.
Alas, the poisonous Borgia clan (including Warner Oland and as a handmaid, Myrna Loy) wants her to wed one of its own. So Don Juan duels (in one of the greatest swordfights ever filmed), carries out a daring dungeon escape and rides like the wind to win her.
Original Release
08/06/1926
US Release
08/06/1926
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jane Winton | Donna Isobel |
John Roche | Leandro |
Warner Oland | Cesare Borgia |
Estelle Taylor | Lucrezia Borgia |
Montagu Love | Count Giano Donati |
Josef Swickard | Duke Della Varnese |
Willard Louis | Pedrillo |
Nigel De Brulier | Marchese Rinaldo |
Hedda Hopper | Marchesia Rinaldo |
Myrna Loy | Mai - Lady in Waiting |
Directors
Writers
Bess Meredyth, Walter Anthony, Lord Byron, Maude Fulton
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jane Winton | Donna Isobel |
John Roche | Leandro |
Warner Oland | Cesare Borgia |
Estelle Taylor | Lucrezia Borgia |
Montagu Love | Count Giano Donati |
Josef Swickard | Duke Della Varnese |
Willard Louis | Pedrillo |
Nigel De Brulier | Marchese Rinaldo |
Hedda Hopper | Marchesia Rinaldo |
Myrna Loy | Mai - Lady in Waiting |
Mary Astor | Adriana della Varnese |
John Barrymore | Don Juan de Marana / Don Jose de Marana |
Sam Appel | Reveler at Juan's |
Lionel Braham | Duke Margoni |
Helene Costello | Rena - Adriana's Maid |
Helena D'Algy | Donna Elvira |
Marion Morgan Dancers | Bacchanalian Revelers |
Yvonne Day | Don Juan - at age 5 |
Philippe De Lacy | Don Juan - at age 10 |
Emily Fitzroy | The Dowager |