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| The Bridge of San Luis Rey | |
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| Directed by | Charles Brabin |
| Written by | Marian Ainslee Ruth Cummings Alice D. G. Miller Thornton Wilder (novel) |
| Produced by | Hunt Stromberg |
| Starring | Lili Damita Duncan Renaldo Raquel Torres |
| Cinematography | Merritt B. Gerstad |
| Edited by | Margaret Booth |
| Music by | Carli Elinor Peter Brunelli (uncredited) |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) is a sound part-talkie film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Charles Brabin and starred Lili Damita and Don Alvarado. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The sound was recorded via the Western Electric sound-on-film process.
The film closely follows the bestselling 1927 Thornton Wilder novel of the same name and won the second Academy Award for Best Art Direction.[1]
- ^ "NY Times: The Bridge of San Luis Rey". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2008.