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The Secret Hour (film)

The Secret Hour
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Directed byRowland V. Lee
Written byRowland V. Lee(scenario)
Based onplay, They Knew What They Wanted, by Sidney Howard
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
StarringPola Negri
CinematographyHarry Fischbeck
Edited byRobert Bassler
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • February 4, 1928 (1928-02-04)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguagesSilent Version
Sound Version (Synchronized)
English Intertitles

The Secret Hour is a lost[1] 1928 silent film romance drama directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Pola Negri. A sound version was released during the latter half of 1928. While the sound version of the film had no audible dialog, it featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. It is based on the 1924 Broadway play, They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard.[2] It was produced by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation and distributed through Paramount Pictures.[3][4]

In 1956, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.[5]

Cast

Music

The sound version of the film featured a theme song entitled "The Beggar" with music by Ted Snyder and words by Francis Wheeler and Irving Kahal.

See also

References

  1. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Secret Hour
  2. ^ They Knew What They Wanted on Broadway, November 1924-October 1925
  3. ^ The Secret Hour at silentera.com
  4. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Secret Hour
  5. ^ Pierce, David (March 29, 2001). Legal Limbo: How American Copyright Law Makes Orphan Films (mp3 in "file3"). Orphans of the Storm II: Documenting the 20th Century. pp. 131–134. Retrieved January 5, 2012.


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