Dark Red Roses

Dark Red Roses is a 1929 British all-talking sound film directed by Sinclair Hill. The soundtrack was recorded using the phonofilm sound-on-film process. The film includes a sequence featuring the Ballets Russes choreographed by George Balanchine.

Dark Red Roses
Directed by	Sinclair Hill
Written by	Leslie Howard Gordon from a short story by Stacy Aumonier
Starring	Stewart Rome Frances Doble Hugh Eden Kate Cutler Jack Clayton
Cinematography	Arpad Viragh
Edited by	E. R. Richards
Production company	British Talking Pictures
Release date	1929 (1929)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Cast

• Stewart Rome as David
• Frances Doble as Laura
• Hugh Eden as Anton
• Kate Cutler as Mother
• Jack Clayton as Jack
• Jill Clayton as Jill
• Sydney Morgan as Tim
• Una O'Connor as Mrs Weaks
• George Balanchine, Anton Dolin and Lydia Lopokova as the dancers

Music

The film features a theme song entitled “Dark Red Roses” by T. Barry (words) and Philip Braham (music). Also featured on the soundtrack is a song entitled "The Persian Dance" by Modest Mussorgsky.

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)