The Heart of General Robert E. Lee is a 1928 MGM short silent fictionalized film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the seventh film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series.
| The Heart of General Robert E. Lee | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | R. William Neill |
| Written by | Leon Abrams |
| Produced by | Herbert T. Kalmus |
| Starring | J. Barney Sherry William Walling Richard Walling Marjorie Daw George Berlinger |
| Cinematography | George Cave |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | September 27, 1928 |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English Intertitles |
| Budget | $18,009.85[1] |
Production edit
The film was shot at the Tec-Art Studio in Hollywood.[2]
Preservation status edit
The film has been preserved in its entirety at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.[3] The film was, at one point, partially lost, with only the second reel surviving; the first roll was recovered in 2007.[4]
References edit
- ^ Layton, James and David Pierce. The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935. George Eastman House, 2015, p. 336.
- ^ Slide, Anthony. "The 'Great Events' Series". Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film. Scarecrow Press, 2005, p. 38.
- ^ Layton and Pierce 332
- ^ https://nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=7307
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