The River of Romance
“An idyll of the South with a sparkling musical score of plantation melodies and romantic love ballads.”
About The River of Romance
In the 1840s Tom Rumford comes home from Philadelphia, where Quaker relatives raised him, and laughs off a duel with Major Patterson. His father, General Jeff Rumford, banishes him. In a Natchez saloon General Orlando Jackson sees Tom beat a killer, and Tom later returns to Magnolia Landing disguised as Colonel Blake for the ball of Lucy Jeffers. He exposes Patterson, is taken back, and marries Lucy rather than her sister Elvira, the coquette he had first courted.
Cast & crew
More about The River of Romance
Richard Wallace directed a script by Ethel Doherty, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Dan Totheroh, and John V. A. Weaver from Booth Tarkington's play Magnolia. Paramount Pictures released it on 29 June 1929. Wikipedia lists Christie Film Company as the producer, and the AFI synopsis supplies the 1840s plot.
Themes
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Victor Milner photographed the film.
Music
Karl Hajos wrote the music.
Preservation
A print is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Charles 'Buddy' Rogers plays Tom Rumford and Colonel Blake. Mary Brian is Lucy Jeffers. June Collyer is Elvira. Henry B. Walthall is General Jeff Rumford. Wallace Beery is General Orlando Jackson.
- Fred Kohler plays Captain Blackie. Natalie Kingston plays Mexico. Walter McGrail plays Major Patterson.
- The New York Times reviewed it on 29 July 1929, Film Daily on 4 August 1929, and Variety on 31 July 1929.
- Karl Hajos is credited with the music on Wikipedia.
Scenes
- Tom refuses Patterson's challenge and is turned out of the house.
- Disguised as Colonel Blake, he comes to Lucy's ball and names himself.
Influenced by
- Booth Tarkington's play Magnolia
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (River of Romance (1929).webm)
