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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 555

The Red Dance

1928103 minUnited States

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 93:52
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Synopsis

Violence against her family gives a Russian village schoolteacher a lasting resentment of imperial power. Escaping an unwanted marriage, she encounters a grand duke without knowing his rank. Their attraction develops as court intrigue and revolution transform the positions from which each must judge the other.

Cast

Dolores del Río

Tasia

Charles Farrell

Grand Duke Eugene

Ivan Linow

Ivan Petroff

Dorothy Revier

Princess Varvara

DirectorsRaoul Walsh

Historical context

Raoul Walsh's historical romance stars Dolores del Río and Charles Farrell. Released with a Movietone score and effects but no spoken dialogue, it presents the Russian Revolution through Hollywood melodrama and an invented relationship across social classes.

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Photograph credit

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Dolores del Río — None visible, probably RKO publicity · Public domain
Charles Farrell — screen shots or promotional photo · Public domain

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