Don Juan (1926 film)

Don Juan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlan Crosland
Written byWalter Anthony (intertitles)
Maude Fulton (intertitles)
Victor Vance (art titles)
Screenplay byBess Meredyth
Based onDon Juan
1821 poem
by Lord Byron
StarringJohn Barrymore
CinematographyByron Haskin
Edited byHarold McCord
Music byWilliam Axt
David Mendoza
Major Bowes[1]
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • August 6, 1926 (1926-08-06)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
(English Intertitles)
Budget$546,000[2]
Box office$1,693,000 (worldwide rental)[3]
First-nighters posing for the camera outside the Warners' Theatre before the premiere (August 6, 1926)

Don Juan is a 1926 synchronized sound American romantic adventure film directed by Alan Crosland. It is the first feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, though it has no spoken dialogue.[4] The film is inspired by Lord Byron's 1821 epic poem of the same name. The screenplay was written by Bess Meredyth with intertitles by Maude Fulton and Walter Anthony.[5]

Don Juan stars John Barrymore as the hand-kissing womanizer.[5]

  1. ^ The Movie Musical; from Vitaphone to 42nd Street edited by Miles Kreuger c.1973 ISBN 0-486-23154-2
  2. ^ Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 5 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  3. ^ Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15: 55–73. doi:10.1080/01439689500260031.
  4. ^ Stephens, E. J.; Wanamaker, Marc (2010). Early Warner Bros. Studios. Arcadia Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-738-58091-3.
  5. ^ a b White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 195. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.