| Madame du Barry | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | R. William Neill |
| Written by | Jack Cunningham |
| Screenplay by | Jack Cunningham |
| Produced by | Herbert T. Kalmus |
| Starring | Priscilla Dean Mahlon Hamilton |
| Cinematography | George Cave |
| Edited by | Natalie Kalmus |
| Production companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor Corporation |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date |
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| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English Intertitles |
Madame du Barry is a 1928 MGM short silent fictionalized film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the eighth film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series, and the last to be released before the new year.
Plot
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Cast
- Priscilla Dean as Madame DuBarry
- Mahlon Hamilton as Louis XV
- George Davis
- Denis Auburn
- Bill Elliott (as Gordon Elliott)
- David Mir
- Charles Thurston
Production
The film was shot at the Tec-Art Studio in Hollywood.
Preservation Status
Madame du Barry has not survived in its original two-reel form. 800 feet of 35mm material from the second reel has been preserved by the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
References
- Layton, James and David Pierce. The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935. George Eastman House, 2015, p. 339.
- Slide, Anthony. "The 'Great Events' Series". Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film. Scarecrow Press, 2005, p. 38.
- Layton and Pierce 339
External links
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- 1928 films
- American silent short films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films
- Silent films in color
- Cultural depictions of Louis XV
- Cultural depictions of Madame du Barry
- Biographical films about French royalty
- Films set in the 18th century
- Films set in France
- Works about Louis XV
- 1920s American films
- 1920s American film stubs