The Song of the Flame

Overview

This was a screen version of the 1925 operetta by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Herbert Stohart, and George Gershwin. The story of the movie is about a peasant who is known as "The Flame" who leads a revolution in Russia. This peasant who is in love with a Russian prince saves his life by agreeing to sacrifice her virginity to an evil fellow-conspirator. This was an all Technicolor musical which was had a sequence in Vitascope (a Warner Brother's wide screen process)

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 24, 1930

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

First National Pictures

Cast

Bernice Claire,Inez Courtney,Shep Camp,Alexander Gray,Noah Beery,Alice Gentle,Ivan Linow,Gregory Gaye,Bert Roach,Janina Smolinska

Director

Alan Crosland

Writer

Gordon Rigby,Otto A. Harbach,Oscar Hammerstein II

Cinematography

Lee Garmes

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0021404