One Romantic Night
About One Romantic Night
Princess Alexandra is expected to marry Crown Prince Albert. She meets Dr. Nicholas Haller, the tutor to her brother, and is pulled between them. Princess Beatrice, her mother, wants the royal match. In this version Alexandra and the prince elope.
Cast & crew
More about One Romantic Night
Paul L. Stein directed. The film adapts Ferenc Molnár's play The Swan. Joseph M. Schenck produced it, with John W. Considine Jr. also credited as a producer. United Artists released it. James Smith edited. Karl Struss photographed it.
Themes
Look
Karl Struss photographed the palace rooms and the tutor's scenes.
Music
Hugo Riesenfeld wrote the music.
Notes
- Lillian Gish plays Alexandra. This was her first talkie.
- Rod La Rocque plays Crown Prince Albert, Conrad Nagel plays Dr. Haller, and Marie Dressler plays Princess Beatrice.
- A silent Paramount film of The Swan had already been made in 1925.
- A color version, The Swan (1956), is the adaptation most often shown now.
Influenced by
- Ferenc Molnár's The Swan
