Tempest (1928 film)

Tempest
Directed by
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyCharles Rosher
Edited byAllen McNeil
Production
company
Feature Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • May 27, 1928 (1928-05-27)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles
Budget$1.2 million[1]

Tempest is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Sam Taylor. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. V. I. Nemirovich-Dantchenko wrote the screenplay and William Cameron Menzies won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in the film in 1929, the first year of the awards ceremony.[2] John Barrymore and Camilla Horn star in the film, with Louis Wolheim co-starring.[3]

Preserved by two US archives George Eastman House and UCLA Film and TV.[4]

  1. ^ "High Cost Films Displeasing Schenck". Variety. December 28, 1927. p. 8.
  2. ^ "NY Times: Tempest". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Tempest
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Tempest