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The Rescue (1929 film)

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The Rescue (1929 film)
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The Rescue is a 1929 American sound pre-Code romantic adventure film directed by Herbert Brenon, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The screenplay was written by Elizabeth Meehan, based on the 1920 novel by Joseph Conrad. The music score is by Hugo Riesenfeld. The film stars Ronald Colman and Lili Damita.[1]

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Cast

Production

Water scenes were filmed were filmed at Santa Cruz Island, with a two way radio set up to contact Goldwyn Studios.[2]

Music

The musical score featured in the film was composed by Hugo Riesenfeld.

Censorship

When The Rescue was released, each province in Canada had a censor board that could order eliminations or cuts in the film. The Montreal censor board required the intertitles to be rewritten so that Lady Edith was the sister of Mr. Travers and not his wife, causing some confusion in the plot.[3]

Preservation

An incomplete print, missing one reel, is in the collection of the George Eastman House film archive.[1][4]

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