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One Romantic Night is a 1930 American Pre-Code film. It is the first sound film version of Ferenc Molnár's play The Swan, and marked silent screen star Lillian Gish's talkie debut. She starred as Princess Alexandra, with Conrad Nagel as the tutor who falls in love with her, and Rod La Rocque as Crown Prince Albert. The film was only fairly successful, though Gish would go on to become as highly regarded in talking pictures as she had been in silent films. A silent version of the play had been produced in 1925 at Paramount Pictures. The 1956 Technicolor film version of The Swan, the only one of the three film versions made in color, is much more frequently shown today.[citation needed]
Original Release
04/30/1930
US Release
05/03/1930
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lillian Gish | Princess Alexandra |
Rod La Rocque | Prince Albert |
Conrad Nagel | Dr. Nicholas Haller |
Marie Dressler | Princess Beatrice |
O.P. Heggie | Father Benedict |
Albert Conti | Count Lutzen |
Edgar Norton | Colonel Wunderlich |
Billie Bennett | Princess Symphorosa / Princess Sympharosa |
Philippe De Lacy | Prince George / Prince Georg |
Byron Sage | Prince Arsene |
Directors
Writers
Maxwell Anderson, Melville Baker, Ferenc Molnár
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lillian Gish | Princess Alexandra |
Rod La Rocque | Prince Albert |
Conrad Nagel | Dr. Nicholas Haller |
Marie Dressler | Princess Beatrice |
O.P. Heggie | Father Benedict |
Albert Conti | Count Lutzen |
Edgar Norton | Colonel Wunderlich |
Billie Bennett | Princess Symphorosa / Princess Sympharosa |
Philippe De Lacy | Prince George / Prince Georg |
Byron Sage | Prince Arsene |
Barbara Leonard | Mitzi |
Russ Powell | Burgermeister of Rostenburg |
Florence Wix | Party Guest |
Producers
Name | Role |
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John W. Considine Jr. | Producer |
Joseph M. Schenck | Producer |