Outcast is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. It was directed by William A. Seiter and stars Corinne Griffith, often considered one of the most beautiful women in film. This story had been filmed in 1917 as The World and the Woman with Jeanne Eagels. In 1922 a Paramount film of the same name with Elsie Ferguson reprising her stage role was released. Both films were based on a 1914 play, Outcast, by Hubert Henry Davies which starred Ferguson. The Seiter/Griffith film was an all silent with Vitaphone music and sound effects. In the sound era the story was filmed once again as The Girl from 10th Avenue starring Bette Davis.[1][2][3] According to the Library of Congress database shows a print surviving complete at Cineteca Italiana in Milan.
| Outcast | |
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| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
| Written by | Agnes Christine Johnston (scenario) Forrest Halsey (titles) Gene Towne (titles) |
| Based on | Outcast (1914 play) by Hubert Henry Davies |
| Produced by | Richard A. Rowland |
| Starring | Corinne Griffith |
| Cinematography | John F. Seitz |
| Edited by | Hugh Bennett |
| Music by | Karl Hajos Victor Schertzinger |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Sound (Synchronized)(English Intertitles) |
Cast edit
- Corinne Griffith as Miriam
- James Ford as Tony
- Edmund Lowe as Geoffrey
- Huntley Gordon as Hugh
- Kathryn Carver as Valentine
- Louise Fazenda as Mabel
- Claude King as Moreland
- Sam Hardy as Jack
- Patsy O'Byrne as Mrs. O'Brien
- Lee Moran as Fred
Music edit
The film featured a theme song entitled "Another Kiss" which was composed by Victor Schertzinger.
Preservation status edit
- Print exists in Cineteca Italiana, Italian archive Milan.[4]
See also edit
- List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
- The World and the Woman (1916)
- Outcast (1917)
- Outcast (1922)
- The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)
References edit
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by American Film Institute, (1971)
- ^ Outcast at silentera.com database
- ^ Outcast produced on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre, November 2, 1914 to March 1915, 168 performances; IMDb.com
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Outcast(1928)
External links edit
- Outcast at IMDb
- Outcast at the TCM Movie Database
- Outcast at AllMovie
- lobby poster
- Louise Fazenda and Corinne Griffith
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