The Swan
6
85 minutes
2/16/1925
Overview
The Swan (1925) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Melville Baker's 1923 Broadway play adaptation, The Swan, of Ferenc Molnar's play A Hattyu Vigjatek Harom Felvonasbarn. This film was directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, a recent Russian immigrant working for Famous Players-Lasky. Buchowetzki had directed pictures in Russia, Sweden, and Germany. The story of this film was remade in 1930 as One Romantic Night, an early talkie for Lillian Gish, and in Technicolor as a 1956 vehicle for Grace Kelly.
Cast List
Frances Howard
as Alexandra, The Swan
Adolphe Menjou
as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
Ricardo Cortez
as Dr. Walter, the Tutor
Ida Waterman
as Princess Beatrice
Helen Lindroth
as Amphirosa
Helen Lee Worthing
as Wanda von Gluck
Joseph Depew
as Prince George
George Walcott
as Prince Arsene
Michael Vavitch
as Colonel Wunderlich (as Mikhael Vavitch)
Nicholas Soussanin
as Lutzow
Arthur Donaldson
as Franz, the Court Chamberlain
General Lodijensky
as Master of the Hunt
Clare Eames
as Princess Dominica
Michael Visaroff
as Father Hyacinth