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Ivan Linow (left), Mary Duncan and Charles Farrell.
Photograph: courtesy Edition Filmmuseum.
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The River
Also known as Die erste Frau im Leben in Germany
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6536 feet
Directed by Frank Borzage
Cast: Charles Farrell [Allen John Spender], Mary Duncan [Rosalee], Ivan Linow [Sam Thompson], Margaret Mann [Widow Thompson], Alverdo Sabato (Alfred Sabato) [Marsdon], Bert Woodruff [the miller]
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Screenplay by Dwight Cummins and Philip Klein, with dialogue by John Hunter Booth, from the novel The River by Tristram Tupper. Art direction by Harry Oliver. Assistant director, Lew Borzage. Dialogue direction by A.H. Van Buren and A.F. Erickson. Cinematography by Ernest Palmer. Music by Maurice Baron. Music conducted by Erno Rapee. Film editor, Barney Wolf. Presented by William Fox. / © 23 January 1929 by Fox Film Corporation [LP47]. Premiered 22 December 1928 in New York, New York. General release, 6 October 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version at eight reels (7704 feet) by Fox Film Corporation in 1929. The film was released in Finland on 13 October 1930. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: Romance.
Survival status: Print exists [incomplete restoration print (a total of approximately five reels) has been assembled in the early 1990s from surviving 35mm (two-three reels) and 16mm reduction elements (five reels of the silent version), including portions of the soundtrack.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 5 January 2009.
References: Bardèche-History p. 310; Everson-American p. 327; Shipman-Cinema p. 98 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Francois Massarelli.
Home video: DVD.
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