Evangeline (1929 film)

Evangeline
Cinematographer Robert Kurrle and director Edwin Carewe filming a dusk scene for Evangeline
Directed by	Edwin Carewe
Written by	Finis Fox (scenario & intertitles)
Based on	Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Produced by	Joseph M. Schenck
Starring	Dolores del Río
Cinematography	Robert Kurrle Al M. Green
Edited by	Jeanne Spencer
Music by	Hugo Riesenfeld
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	August 24, 1929 (1929-08-24)
Running time	9 reels (8,268 feet)
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles

Evangeline is a 1929 American synchronized sound film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Dolores del Río. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film was based on a Arthur Hopkins produced play that made it to Broadway in 1913. It is the last film version of the 1847 poem of the same name by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that did not include any dialogue.

Cast

• Dolores del Río as Evangeline
• Roland Drew as Gabriel
• Alec B. Francis as Father Felician
• Donald Reed as Baptiste
• Paul McAllister as Benedict Bellefontaine
• James A. Marcus as Basil
• George F. Marion as Rene LeBlanc
• Bobby Mack as Michael
• Louis Payne as Governor-General
• Lee Shumway as Colonel Winslow

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Evangeline" which was composed by Al Jolson and Billy Rose.

Preservation

Complete prints of Evangeline are held by the Library of Congress and the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

External links

• Evangeline at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Evangeline at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Evangeline; lobby poster