The Lady of Victories is a 1928 MGM silent fictionalized film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the third short film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series.
| The Lady of Victories | |
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| Directed by | R. William Neill |
| Written by | Russell Hickson |
| Produced by | Herbert T. Kalmus |
| Starring | Agnes Ayres George Irving Otto Matieson |
| Cinematography | George Cave |
| Edited by | Aubrey Scotto |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent, English Intertitles |
| Budget | $23,169.28[1] |
Production
editThe film began production at the Tec-Art Studio in Hollywood on November 21, 1927, and wrapped on November 26.[2][3] It was the first of the "Great Events" shorts to credit Andre Chotin art director.[4] The production featured some of experimental nighttime exterior scenes, a risky artistic and technical undertaking at the time, because of the amount of light needed for proper exposure on Technicolor's film stock.[5]
Release
editThe film accompanied the Charlie Chaplin silent feature The Circus (1928 film) in many theaters during its initial release.[6]
Preservation Status
editThe Lady of Victories has been partially preserved, with 1,000 foot fragments preserved by EYE Film Institute, the George Eastman House, and the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[7]
References
edit- ^ Layton, James and David Pierce. The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935. George Eastman House, 2015, p. 329.
- ^ Slide, Anthony. "The 'Great Events' Series". Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film. Scarecrow Press, 2005, p. 38.
- ^ Layton and Pierce 329
- ^ Slide 38
- ^ Layton and Pierce 189
- ^ Layton and Pierce 192
- ^ Layton and Pierce 329