The Song of the Flame (1930)
This was a screen version of the 1925 operetta by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Herbert Stohart, and George Gershwin. The story of the movie is about a peasant who is known as "The Flame" who leads a revolution in Russia. This peasant who is in love with a Russian prince saves his life by agreeing to sacrifice her virginity to an evil fellow-conspirator. This was an all Technicolor musical which was had a sequence in Vitascope (a Warner Brother's wide screen process)
Director: Alan Crosland
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Alexander Gray as Prince Volodya |
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Bernice Claire as Aniuta, The Flame |
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Noah Beery as Konstantin |
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Alice Gentle as Natasha |
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Bert Roach as Count Boris |
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Inez Courtney as Grusha |
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Shep Camp as Officer |
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Ivan Linow as Konstanin's Pal |
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Gregory Gaye as |
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Janina Smolinska as Dancer |
| Directing | Alan Crosland | Director |
| Writing | Oscar Hammerstein II | Novel |
| Writing | Otto A. Harbach | Novel |
| Writing | Gordon Rigby | Adaptation |
| Sound | David Mendoza | Music |
| Editing | Alexander Hall | Editor |
| Art | Anton Grot | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edward Stevenson | Costume Design |
| Directing | Ben Silvey | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Lee Garmes | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Grant Clarke | Songs |
| Sound | Harry Akst | Songs |
| Sound | Edward Ward | Songs |
| Sound | Herbert Stothart | Songs |
| Writing | Oscar Hammerstein II | Lyricist |
| Writing | Otto A. Harbach | Lyricist |
| Sound | George Gershwin | Songs |
| Sound | George Groves | Sound |