General Crack
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| General Crack (1930) | |
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| Directed by | Alan Crosland |
| Produced by | Ned Marin |
| Written by | J. Grubb Alexander Walter Anthony based on the novel by Joseph Shearing |
| Starring | John Barrymore Philippe De Lacy Lowell Sherman Marian Nixon Armida |
| Music by | Rex Dunn |
| Cinematography | Tony Gaudio (Technicolor) |
| Editing by | Harold McLernon |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | January 25, 1930 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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General Crack (1930) is an all-talking historical costume drama film with Technicolor sequences which was produced by Warner Bros. in 1929 and released early in 1930. The film was directed by Alan Crosland and stars John Barrymore in his first full-length all-talking feature.
[edit] Cast
John Barrymore — Duke of Kurland / Prince Christian
Philippe De Lacy — young Christian
Lowell Sherman — Leopold II
Marian Nixon — Archduchess Maria Luisa
Armida — Fidelia
[edit] Preservation
The silent version of this film (with Czech subtitles) survives but it does not have any color sequences. No prints of the sound version are known to exist. The complete soundtrack survives on Vitaphone disks. Unfortunately, the silent version was either a B negative or an alternate take with intertitles. So while this is a valid version, it doesn't match up with the Vitaphone soundtrack at all.
