Emil Jannings (August Schiller), Belle Bennett (Mrs Schiller), Phyllis Haver (Mayme), Donald Keith (August junior), Fred Kohler (tough), Philippe De Lacey (August as a child), Mickey McBan (Evald), Betsy Ann Lisle (Charlotte), Carmencita Johnson (Elizabeth), Gordon Thorpe (Karl), Jackie Coombs (Heinrich), and Dean Harrell, Anne Sheridan, Dorothy Kitchen {aka Nancy Drexel).
Director: VICTOR FLEMING. Screenplay: Jules Furthman. Titles: Julian Johnson. Adapted by Lajos Biro from the novel by Perley Poore Sheehan. Photography: Victor Milner. Executive producers: Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky.
Copyright 1 October 1927 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. New York opening at the Rialto, 25 June 1927. U.S. release: 1 October 1927. 9 reels. 8,486 feet.
SYNOPSIS: Bank cashier falls from grace.
NOTES: Academy Award, Best Actor, Emil Jannings (shared with his The Last Command), defeating Richard Barthelmess in both The Noose and The Patent Leather Kid and Charles Chaplin in The Circus. Also nominated for Best Picture (Wings). Number 4 on The Film Daily annual poll of U.S. film critics (after Beau Geste, The Big Parade and What Price Glory?). Emil Jannings' first Hollywood film.
COMMENT: An extraordinarily gripping performance by Emil Jannings adds luster to this atmospherically photographed, well-paced film. True the story's theme is familiar, but it is given a good work-out here by all concerned.
Director: VICTOR FLEMING. Screenplay: Jules Furthman. Titles: Julian Johnson. Adapted by Lajos Biro from the novel by Perley Poore Sheehan. Photography: Victor Milner. Executive producers: Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky.
Copyright 1 October 1927 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. New York opening at the Rialto, 25 June 1927. U.S. release: 1 October 1927. 9 reels. 8,486 feet.
SYNOPSIS: Bank cashier falls from grace.
NOTES: Academy Award, Best Actor, Emil Jannings (shared with his The Last Command), defeating Richard Barthelmess in both The Noose and The Patent Leather Kid and Charles Chaplin in The Circus. Also nominated for Best Picture (Wings). Number 4 on The Film Daily annual poll of U.S. film critics (after Beau Geste, The Big Parade and What Price Glory?). Emil Jannings' first Hollywood film.
COMMENT: An extraordinarily gripping performance by Emil Jannings adds luster to this atmospherically photographed, well-paced film. True the story's theme is familiar, but it is given a good work-out here by all concerned.