Serenade (1927 film)
| Serenade | |
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| Directed by | Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast |
| Screenplay by | Herman J. Mankiewicz Ernest Vajda |
| Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
| Starring | Adolphe Menjou Kathryn Carver Lawrence Grant Lina Basquette Martha Franklin |
| Cinematography | Harry Fischbeck |
| Edited by | Ralph Block |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent..English intertitles |
Serenade is a lost [1] [2] 1927 American drama silent film directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast and written by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Ernest Vajda. The film stars Adolphe Menjou, Kathryn Carver, Lawrence Grant, Lina Basquette and Martha Franklin. The film was released on December 24, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.[3] [4]
Plot summary
[edit ]Franz Rossi is a brilliant composer who is blessed with a beautiful wife named Gretchen. However, Rossi finds it necessary to involve himself with other women, and so he tries to keep Gretchen at home and away from his work. When Gretchen discovers what her husband has been up to, she disappears completely from view. In time, Rossi discovers that his wife is staying at a fancy hotel, where all indications are that Gretchen herself is now enjoying the favors of another man.[5]
Cast
[edit ]- Adolphe Menjou as Franz Rossi
- Kathryn Carver as Gretchen
- Lawrence Grant as Josef Bruckner
- Lina Basquette as The Dancer
- Martha Franklin as Gretchen's Mother
References
[edit ]- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Serenade
- ^ Serenade at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files:..lost Paramount films - 1927
- ^ "Movie Review - Serenade - Mr. Menjou. - NYTimes.com". The New York Times . Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Serenade". afi.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ Serenade (Film, 1927) - MovieMeter.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved February 17, 2025 – via www.moviemeter.nl.
External links
[edit ]- Serenade at IMDb
- Serenade at the TCM Movie Database
- Serenade at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- 1927 films
- 1920s English-language films
- Silent American drama films
- 1927 drama films
- Paramount Pictures films
- Films set in Vienna
- Films about composers
- Films about classical music and musicians
- American black-and-white films
- Lost American drama films
- American silent feature films
- 1927 lost films
- English-language drama films
- Films directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
- 1920s American films
- 1920s silent drama film stubs