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'The Czarina's Secret' is a 1928 MGM silent fictionalized film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the fourth film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series.

Production



The film was shot over five days at the Tec-Art Studio in Hollywood.Layton and Pierce 332 The budget, slightly over $20,000, made it one of the more "higher priced productions" in the "Great Events" series.Slide, Anthony. "The 'Great Events' Series". 'Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film'. Scarecrow Press, 2005, p. 38. Cast members Sally Rand and Lucio Flamma had appeared in Technicolor sequences for Cecil B. deMille's 'The King of Kings' less than a year earlier. As with the previous "Great Events" production, 'The Lady of Victories', 'The Czarina's Secret' made extensive, experimental use of night scenes.Layton and Pierce 189

Release



The released version of 'The Czarina's Secret' was well-reviewed, prompting 'Film Spectator' to state that "Technicolor has brought its process to a point of perfection that our big producers can not ignore much longer," and surmising that audience demand for Technicolor would soon be on the increase.Layton and Pierce 192

Preservation status



'The Czarina's Secret' is considered a lost film.Layton and Pierce 332

References




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