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| Madame du Barry | |
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| Directed by | R. William Neill |
| Written by | Jack Cunningham |
| Screenplay by | Jack Cunningham |
| Produced by | Herbert T. Kalmus |
| Starring | Priscilla Dean Mahlon Hamilton |
| Cinematography | George Cave |
| Edited by | Natalie Kalmus |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English Intertitles |
Madame du Barry is a 1928 MGM short silent fictionalized film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the eighth film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series, and the last to be released before the new year.
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The film was shot at the Tec-Art Studio in Hollywood. [2]
Madame du Barry has not survived in its original two-reel form. 800 feet of 35mm material from the second reel has been preserved by the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. [3]
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