Ramona (1928 film)

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Ramona

Film poster
Directed by Edwin Carewe
Written by Helen Hunt Jackson (novel)
Finis Fox
Starring Dolores del Río
Warner Baxter
Cinematography Robert Kurrle
Editing by Jeanne Spencer
Distributed by United Artists
Release dates
  • May 20, 1928 (1928-05-20)
Running time 80 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

Ramona is a 1928 silent drama film directed by Edwin Carewe,[1] based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona. It starred Dolores del Rio and Warner Baxter. A copy still survives in the Czech Film Archive.

Mordaunt Hall of the New York Times found much to praise in what he called "an Indian love lyric": "This current offering is an extraordinarily beautiful production, intelligently directed and, with the exception of a few instances, splendidly acted. The scenic effects are charming and there is for the most part an admirable restraint throughout this drama of Southern California. The different episodes are told discreetly and with a good measure of suspense and sympathy. Some of the characters have been changed to enhance the dramatic worth of the picture, but this is pardonable, especially when one considers this subject as a whole."[2] This was the first United Artist film with a synchronized score, but was not a talking picture.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Ramona". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-06-02. 
  2. ↑ Mordaunt Hall, "An Indian Love Lyric", New York Times, 15 May 1928, accessed 1 February 2011

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