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His Glorious Night is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lionel Barrymore released in USA on 28 september 1929 with John Gilbert
His Glorious Night (1929)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 28 september 1929
Length 1h20
Directed by Lionel Barrymore
OriginUSA
Themes Films based on plays
Rating79%
His Glorious Night is a 1929 American romance film directed by Lionel Barrymore and starring John Gilbert in his first released talkie. It has gained notoriety as the film that reputedly ended the career of John Gilbert by revealing that he had a voice unsuitable for sound. More recent research suggests that an old fashioned script that clung too closely to the conventions of silent film was a more likely culprit.The film is based on the 1928 play Olympia by Ferenc Molnár.
Synopsis
Although being engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in love with Captain Kovacs (John Gilbert), a cavalry officer she is secretly meeting. Her mother Eugenie (Nance O'Neil), who has found out about the affair forces her to dump Kovacs and take part in the arranged marriage. Though not believing her own words, Orsolini reluctantly tells Kovacs she cannot ever fall in love with a man with his social position, being the son of a peasant.Actors
John Gilbert
(Captain Kovacs)
Catherine Dale Owen
(Princess Orsolini)
Nance O'Neil
(Eugenie)
Gustav von Seyffertitz
(Krehl)
Hedda Hopper
(Mrs. Collingswood Stratton)
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