Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1928
Adoration (1928 film)
Buy Adoration (1928 film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Adoration' is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film with a Vitaphone musical score and sound effects. The film was released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Frank Lloyd. It stars Billie Dove, Antonio Moreno, Emile Chautard and Lucy Doraine. The film was also issued in a shorter silent version for theatres that were not yet wired for sound.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/Adoration1928.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Adoration'] at silentera.com[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2500 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'Adoration']
Premise
Russian prince (Antonio Moreno), upon returning from the front, sees his wife (Billie Dove) in the company of a blackguard count. Prince becomes jealous, and, later, while attempting to break into the count's home, both he and the count are knocked unconscious by the mob. Prince, wife and count escape from Russia and eventually get to Paris, where wife is able to convince prince that it was her maid who went to the count's home.
Cast
* Billie Dove as Elena
* Antonio Moreno as Prince Serge Orloff
* Emile Chautard as Murajev
* Lucy Doraine as Ninette
* Nicholas Bela as Ivan
* Nicholas Soussanin as Vladimir
* Winifred Bryson as Baroness
* Lucien Prival as Baron
Preservation
A print of 'Adoration' survives in the Czech Film Archive.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.935/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Adoration']
References
Buy Adoration (1928 film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1928