| The Pagan | |
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1929 lobby poster |
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| Directed by | W. S. Van Dyke |
| Produced by | Louis B. Mayer Irving Thalberg |
| Written by | John Russell(story) Dorothy Farnum(scenario) John Howard Lawson(intertitles) |
| Starring | Ramón Novarro Dorothy Janis Renee Adoree Donald Crisp |
| Music by | William Axt(music score) Nacio Herb Brown(song; Pagan Love Song(music)) Arthur Freed(song; Pagan Love Song(lyrics)) |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna |
| Editing by | Ben Lewis |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | April 27, 1929 |
| Running time | 9 reels; 7,459 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film(English intertitles) |
The Pagan is a 1929 silent/part talking film romance filmed in Tahiti and produced and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. The director of the picture was W. S. Van Dyke, and the cinematographer was Clyde De Vinna, both who had previously visited Tahiti in 1928 to film White Shadows in the South Seas. The Pagan stars Ramón Novarro and Dorothy Janis. The film plays every so often on Turner Classic Movies.[1]