The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
This first cinematic version of the classic book is a part-talkie, although the only surviving print is silent (housed in the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY). It is a straight-forward telling of the intermingled lives of a group of strangers doomed to die in a collapsing bridge accident. The Art Direction, paltry and unremarkable, surprisingly won an Oscar over the far more remarkable work nominated in THE IRON MASK. The special effect scene of the lovers plummeting with the bridge into the chasm is unforgettable and remarkably done.
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Lili Damita
as Camila (La Perichole)
as Camila (La Perichole)
Ernest Torrence
as Uncle Pio
as Uncle Pio
Raquel Torres
as Pepita
as Pepita
Don Alvarado
as Manuel
as Manuel
Duncan Renaldo
as Esteban
as Esteban
Henry B. Walthall
as Father Juniper
as Father Juniper
Michael Vavitch
as Viceroy
as Viceroy
Emily Fitzroy
as Marquesa
as Marquesa
Jane Winton
as Doña Carla
as Doña Carla
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Charles Brabin
Director
Director
Marian Ainslee
Writer
Writer
Ruth Cummings
Writer
Writer
Alice D.G. Miller
Writer
Writer
Thornton Wilder
Novel
Novel
Hunt Stromberg
Producer
Producer
Margaret Booth
Editor
Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Art Direction
Adrian
Costume Design
Costume Design
Merritt B. Gerstad
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Homer Van Pelt
Still Photographer
Still Photographer
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