The Royal Box

The Royal Box (German: Die Königsloge) is a 1929 American historical film directed by Bryan Foy and starring Alexander Moissi, Camilla Horn and Lew Hearn.[1] It is an adaptation of the play Kean by Alexandre Dumas about the life of the British actor Edmund Kean.

The Royal Box
Directed byBryan Foy
Written byCharles Coghlan (play)
Alexandre Dumas (play)
Arthur Hurley
Edmund Joseph
Murray Roth
Arthur Rundt
StarringAlexander Moissi
Camilla Horn
Lew Hearn
Music byHarold Levey
CinematographyEdwin B. DuPar
Ray Foster
Production
company
Distributed byNational Film (Germany)
Warner Bros. (US)
Release date
November 21, 1929
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageGerman

It was made by Warner Brothers as a German-language film using the Vitaphone process. In Germany the film was released by the studio's local subsidiary National Film.

Cast

  • Alexander Moissi as Edmund Kean
  • Camilla Horn as Alice Doren
  • Lew Hearn as Salomon
  • Elsa Ersi as Countess Toeroek
  • William F. Schoeller as H.R.H., The Prince of Wales
  • Egon Brecher as Count Toeroek
  • Leni Stengel as Lady Robert
  • Carlos Zizold as Lord Melvill
  • Greta Meyer as Mrs. Barker
  • Sig Ruman as Bailiff
  • William Gade as Tommy Widgetts

References

  1. Schaudig p.122

Bibliography

  • Michael Schaudig. Positionen deutscher Filmgeschichte. Diskurs-Film-Verlag, 1996.
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