The Queen's Necklace (1929 film)

The Queen's Necklace (French: Le collier de la reine) is a 1929 synchronzied 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.

The Queen's Necklace
Directed byTony Lekain
Gaston Ravel
Written byAlexandre Dumas
(novel)
Frantz Funck-Brentano
StarringMarcelle Chantal
Georges Lannes
Diana Karenne
CinematographyJean Bachelet
Gustavo Kottula
Émile Pierre
Edited byKratach
Music byFebvre-Longeray
André Roubaud
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Distributed byGaumont (France)
UFA (Germany)
Release date
  • 22 October 1929 (1929-10-22)
CountryFrance
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
French Intertitles

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

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  1. ^ Klossner p.77

Bibliography

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  • Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland, 2002.
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