River of Romance | |
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The full film | |
Directed by | Richard Wallace |
Screenplay by | Ethel Doherty Joseph L. Mankiewicz Booth Tarkington Dan Totheroh John V.A. Weaver |
Starring | Charles "Buddy" Rogers Mary Brian June Collyer Henry B. Walthall Wallace Beery Fred Kohler Natalie Kingston |
Cinematography | Victor Milner |
Edited by | Alyson Shaffer |
Music by | Karl Hajos |
Production company | Christie Film Company |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
River of Romance is a 1929 Americandrama film directed byRichard Wallace and written byEthel Doherty,Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Dan Totheroh and John V.A. Weaver. The film starsCharles "Buddy" Rogers,Mary Brian,June Collyer,Henry B. Walthall,Wallace Beery,Fred Kohler andNatalie Kingston. It is based on the playMagnolia byBooth Tarkington. The film was released on June 29, 1929, byParamount Pictures.[1][2]
In 1830s Mississippi, Tom Rumsford comes back to Magnolia Landing, his Parents' estate. Having been brought up in the north by Quaker relatives, he just hates violence and accordingly refuses a duel. As this is the only way in the south to settle a dispute between gentleman, Tom's father is so infuriated by his behavior that tom has no other choice but leave. Away from Magnolia Landing, Tom learns bravery and returns seven years later as "the notorious Colonel Blake" the terror of the Lower Mississippi...
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