The Swan

1h 25min

Romance

Comedy

The Swan (1925) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Melville Baker's 1923 Broadway play adaptation, The Swan, of Ferenc Molnar's play A Hattyu Vigjatek Harom Felvonasbarn. This film was directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, a recent Russian immigrant working for Famous Players-Lasky. Buchowetzki had directed pictures in Russia, Sweden, and Germany. The story of this film was remade in 1930 as One Romantic Night, an early talkie for Lillian Gish, and in Technicolor as a 1956 vehicle for Grace Kelly.

Cast

Frances Howard

Frances Howard

Alexandra, The Swan
Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
Ricardo Cortez

Ricardo Cortez

Dr. Walter, the Tutor
Ida Waterman

Ida Waterman

Princess Beatrice
Helen Lee Worthing

Helen Lee Worthing

Wanda von Gluck
Joseph Depew

Joseph Depew

Prince George
George Walcott

George Walcott

Prince Arsene
Michael Vavitch

Michael Vavitch

Colonel Wunderlich (as Mikhael Vavitch)
Arthur Donaldson

Arthur Donaldson

Franz, the Court Chamberlain
General Lodijensky

General Lodijensky

Master of the Hunt
Clare Eames

Clare Eames

Princess Dominica
Michael Visaroff

Michael Visaroff

Father Hyacinth

Release date

16th Feb 1925

Status

Released

Spoken languages

No Language