The Queen's Necklace (1929 film)

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The Queen's Necklace
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Directed by Tony Lekain
Gaston Ravel
Written by Alexandre Dumas
(novel)
Frantz Funck-Brentano
Starring Marcelle Chantal
Georges Lannes
Diana Karenne
Cinematography Jean Bachelet
Gustavo Kottula
Émile Pierre
Edited byKratach
Music by Febvre-Longeray
André Roubaud
Production
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Distributed byGaumont (France)
UFA (Germany)
Release date
  • 22 October 1929 (1929-10-22)
CountryFrance
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
French Intertitles

The Queen's Necklace (French: Le collier de la reine) is a 1929 synchronized sound French historical drama film directed by Tony Lekain and Gaston Ravel and starring Marcelle Chantal, Georges Lannes and Diana Karenne. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects. [1] The film is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's novel The Queen's Necklace which portrays the Affair of the Diamond Necklace which occurred before the French Revolution. The film's art direction was by Lucien Carré. The film was made and distributed by Gaumont. In Germany it was released by the major studio UFA.

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Like many film from the early sound era, the film was shot as a silent film and then was synchronized with a musical score and sound effect soundtrack.

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References

  1. Klossner p.77

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