| Ramona | |
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| Directed by | Edwin Carewe |
| Written by | Finis Fox |
| Based on | Ramona 1884 novel by Helen Hunt Jackson |
| Starring | Dolores del Río Warner Baxter |
| Cinematography | Robert Kurrle |
| Edited by | Jeanne Spencer |
| Music by | "Ramona" by Mabel Wayne and L. Wolfe Gilbert |
Production company | Inspiration Pictures |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release dates |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English intertitles) |
| Box office | $1.5 million[2] |
Ramona is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Edwin Carewe,[3] based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona, and starring Dolores del Río and Warner Baxter. While the film has no audible dialogue, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. This was the first United Artists film to be released with a recorded soundtrack. The novel had been previously filmed by D. W. Griffith in 1910 with Mary Pickford, remade in 1916 with Adda Gleason, and again in 1936 with Loretta Young.
- ^ "Ramona". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ Bradley, Edwin M. (2004). The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932. ISBN 0-7864-2029-4.
"Ramona" plugged a middling romantic drama starring Delores Del Rio, who sang the delicate title theme, and helped it to a gross of more than $1.5 million.
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Ramona". Silent Era. Retrieved June 2, 2008.