The Royal Box
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| Directed by | Bryan Foy |
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| Based on | "The Royal Box" by Charles Coghlan Kean by Alexandre Dumas |
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| Music by | Harold Levey |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | German |
The Royal Box (German: Die Königsloge) is a 1929 American historical film directed by Bryan Foy and starring Alexander Moissi, Camilla Horn and Lew Hearn.[1] It is an adaptation of the play Kean by Alexandre Dumas about the life of the British actor Edmund Kean.
It was made by Warner Brothers as a German-language film using the Vitaphone process. In Germany the film was released by the studio's local subsidiary National Film. The film was also released as a silent film in the United States.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Alexander Moissi as Edmund Kean
- Camilla Horn as Alice Doren
- Lew Hearn as Salomon
- Elsa Ersi as Countess Toeroek
- William F. Schoeller as H.R.H., The Prince of Wales
- Egon Brecher as Count Toeroek
- Leni Stengel as Lady Robert
- Carlos Zizold as Lord Melvill
- Greta Meyer as Mrs. Barker
- Sig Ruman as Bailiff
- William Gade as Tommy Widgetts
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Schaudig p.122
- ^ Bye, Anne (September 1929). "In New York". Screenland. 19 (5): 72–73, 110. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
Bibliography
[edit]- Michael Schaudig. Positionen deutscher Filmgeschichte. Diskurs-Film-Verlag, 1996.
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- 1929 films
- 1920s historical films
- American historical films
- 1920s German-language films
- Films directed by Bryan Foy
- Films based on Kean (play)
- American films based on plays
- Films set in London
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films about actors
- Warner Bros. films
- National Film films
- American black-and-white films
- 1920s American films
- German-language American films
- German-language historical films
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