The Crowd (1928 film)

The Crowd
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKing Vidor
Written byJoseph Farnham (titles)[1]
Screenplay byKing Vidor
John V.A. Weaver[1]
Story byKing Vidor
Harry Behn (uncredited)[1]
Produced byIrving Thalberg
StarringJames Murray
Eleanor Boardman
Bert Roach
CinematographyHenry Sharp
Edited byHugh Wynn
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • February 28, 1928 (1928-02-28) (NYC)
  • March 3, 1928 (1928-03-03) (US)
  • [1] ([1])
Running time
98 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
The Crowd (1928) by King Vidor

The Crowd is a 1928 American silent drama film[2] directed by King Vidor and starring James Murray, Eleanor Boardman and Bert Roach. The feature film was nominated at the first Academy Award presentation in 1929 for several awards, including Unique and Artistic Production for MGM and Best Director for Vidor.[3]

Kevin Brownlow and David Gill restored The Crowd in 1981, and it was released with a score by Carl Davis.[1] In 1989, the film was one of the first 25 selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4][5] In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to Vidor's career.[6]

The film entered the public domain in the United States in 2024.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d e f The Crowd at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ "The Crowd". www.tcm.com. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  3. ^ "The 1st Academy Awards (1929) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. October 8, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  4. ^ "ENTERTAINMENT: Film Registry Picks First 25 Movies". Los Angeles Times. Washington, D.C. September 19, 1989. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  5. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "Berlinale 2020: Retrospective "King Vidor"". Berlinale. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  7. ^ "Public Domain Day 2024 | Duke University School of Law". web.law.duke.edu.