Madame du Barry (1928 film) explained

Madame du Barry
Director:R. William Neill
Producer:Herbert T. Kalmus
Starring:Priscilla Dean
Mahlon Hamilton
Cinematography:George Cave
Studio:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Technicolor Corporation
Distributor:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country:United States
Language:Silent
English Intertitles

Madame du Barry is a 1928 MGM short silent fictionalized film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the eighth film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series, and the last to be released before the new year.

Production

The film was shot at the Tec-Art Studio in Hollywood.[1]

Preservation Status

Madame du Barry has not survived in its original two-reel form. 800 feet of 35mm material from the second reel has been preserved by the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Slide, Anthony. "The 'Great Events' Series". Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film. Scarecrow Press, 2005, p. 38.
  2. Layton and Pierce 339