The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Released on
Drama
Runtime
87 mins
(1 votes)

This first cinematic version of the classic book is a part-talkie, although the only surviving print is silent (housed in the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY). It is a straight-forward telling of the intermingled lives of a group of strangers doomed to die in a collapsing bridge accident. The Art Direction, paltry and unremarkable, surprisingly won an Oscar over the far more remarkable work nominated in THE IRON MASK. The special effect scene of the lovers plummeting with the bridge into the chasm is unforgettable and remarkably done.

Cast

  • Lili Damita
  • Ernest Torrence
  • Raquel Torres
  • Don Alvarado
  • Duncan Renaldo
  • Henry B. Walthall
  • Michael Vavitch
  • Emily Fitzroy
  • Jane Winton

Director

  • Charles Brabin

Producers

  • Hunt Stromberg

Screenwriter

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