Loves of an Actress is a lost[1][2] 1928 American synchronized sound romantic drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Pola Negri. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film Western Electric Sound System process. The film was produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky with the distribution through Paramount Pictures. [3][4]

Loves of an Actress
Film poster
Directed byRowland V. Lee
Written byErnest Vajda
Rowland V. Lee
Julian Johnson
Produced byJesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
StarringPola Negri
Nils Asther
Mary McAllister
Paul Lukas
CinematographyVictor Milner
Edited byRobert Bassler
E. Lloyd Sheldon
Music byKarl Hajos
Production
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Paramount Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 18, 1928 (1928-08-18)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles)

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Music

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The film featured a theme song entitled "Sunbeams (Bring Dreams of You)" which was composed by J. Keirn Brennan and Karl Hajos.

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Bibliography

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  • Mariusz Kotowski. Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale. University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
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