Devil-May-Care
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Devil-May-Care | |
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File:Devil May Care poster.jpg Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Sidney Franklin |
Written by | Hanns Kräly Zelda Sears |
Screenplay by | Richard Schayer |
Based on | La Bataille de dames, ou un duel en amour by Ernest Legouvé and Eugène Scribe |
Starring | Ramon Novarro Dorothy Jordan Marion Harris John Miljan William Humphrey |
Cinematography | Merritt B. Gerstad |
Edited by | Conrad A. Nervig |
Music by | Herbert Stothart William Axt |
Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $487,000[1] |
Box office | $1,416,000 (worldwide rentals)[1] |
Devil-May-Care is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Sidney Franklin with a Technicolor sequence of the Albertina Rasch Dancers. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on December 27, 1929 and was Ramon Novarro's talkie debut.[2][3]
The film is based upon the 1851 play La Bataille de dames, ou un duel en amour by Ernest Legouvé and Eugène Scribe. It is known by a variety of other names, including Battle of the Ladies (the film's working title), Der Leutnant des Kaisers (Austria), Der jüngste Leutnant (Germany), Il tenente di Napoleone (Italy), and O lohagos tis aftokratorikis frouras (Greece).
Plot
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Cast
- Ramon Novarro as Armand
- Dorothy Jordan as Leonie
- Marion Harris as Louise
- John Miljan as DeGrignon
- William Humphrey as Napoleon
- George Davis as Groom
- Clifford Bruce as Gaston
- Lionel Belmore as Innkeeper (uncredited)
- John Carroll as Bonapartist (uncredited)
- George Chandler as Timid Royalist (uncredited)
- Ann Dvorak as Chorine (uncredited)
- Bob Kortman as Bonapartist (uncredited)
Soundtrack
- "Shepherd Serenade"
- Written by Clifford Grey and Herbert Stothart
- "Charming"
- Written by Clifford Grey and Herbert Stothart
- "If He Cared"
- Written by Clifford Grey and Herbert Stothart
- "March of the Guard"
- Written by Clifford Grey and Herbert Stothart
- "Love Ballet"
- Written by Dimitri Tiomkin
- Performed by Albertina Rasch Dancers
See also
References
- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Devil-May-Care at silentera.com
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Devil-May-Care
External links
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