The Stolen Bride is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Billie Dove, Lloyd Hughes, and Armand Kaliz. The film is a Hungarian-set romance across classes, where an aristocrat and a peasant fall in love.Progressive Silent Film List: The Stolen Bride at silentera.com
Cast Billie Dove as Sari, Countess Thurzo Lloyd Hughes as Franz Pless Armand Kaliz as Baron von Heimburg Frank Beal as Count Thurzo Lilyan Tashman as Ilona Taznadi Cleve Moore as Lt. Kiss Otto Hoffman as Papa Pless Charles Wellesley as The Regiment Pater Bert Sprotte as Sergeant Paul Vincenti Patty Falkenstein as The Little Princess (uncredited)
Production The production was Korda's first Hollywood film after moving to America from Berlin where he had previously been working. Korda was assigned the film in large part because he was a native of Hungary, where the film's action is set.Kulik pp. 43-45 It was shot at the Burbank Studios of First National Pictures during the summer of 1927. It was a moderate success once it was released in August 1927.Kulik p. 45 It was released in Britain on May 28, 1928.Kulik p. 343 Korda's next film was the far more successful The Private Life of Helen of Troy.
Preservation A print of The Stolen Bride is reportedly held in a foreign archive.Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Stolen Bride
References
Bibliography Kulik, Karol. Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles. Virgin Books, 1990.
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