Dream of Love
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Dream of Love is a 1928 American synchronized sound biographical drama film directed by Fred Niblo, and starring Joan Crawford and Nils Asther. 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. The sound was recorded via the Western Electric sound system. The film is based on the 1849 French tragedy Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé.[1]
In the film, Asther plays Prince Maurice de Saxe and Crawford plays Adrienne Lecouvreur, a Gypsy performer, in a tale of lost love and revenge. Dream of Love is now considered lost.[2][3][4]
Plot
Adrienne, a Gypsy girl performing in a traveling carnival, is unable to find true love for herself until she makes the acquaintance of Prince Maurice. They fall in love, but must part when, for diplomatic reasons, the prince is called upon to make love to the rich wife of an influential duke. Adrienne later becomes a popular stage actress and again meets the prince. Coincidentally, she is appearing in a play which resembles the sad story of her earlier relationship with the prince. Maurice is struggling to win his throne from a usurping dictator. With Adrienne's help, he dodges an assassination attempt and becomes king.
Cast
- Nils Asther as Prince Maurice de Saxe
- Joan Crawford as Adrienne Lecouvreur
- Aileen Pringle as The Duchess
- Warner Oland as The Duke, Current Dictator
- Carmel Myers as The Countess
- Harry Reinhardt as Count
- Harry Myers as The Baron
- Alphonse Martell as Michonet
- Fletcher Norton as Ivan
Music
The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Love O’ Mine” which was composed by Ernst Luz and published as sheet music by Robbins.
Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $339,000 in the US and Canada and $232,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $138,000.[5]
See also
References
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- ↑ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Dream of Love
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- 1928 films
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- 1920s American films
- 1920s biographical drama films
- 1920s historical drama films
- American biographical drama films
- American black-and-white films
- American films based on plays
- American historical drama films
- American silent feature films
- Biographical films about actors
- Cultural depictions of Adrienne Lecouvreur
- English-language biographical drama films
- Films about Romani people
- Films based on works by Eugène Scribe
- Films directed by Fred Niblo
- Films set in France
- Films set in the 18th century
- Lost American drama films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- Silent American drama films
- Synchronized sound films