EVANGELINE (1929) Dolores Del Río, Roland Drew & Alec B. Francis | Drama | B&W | Retro Movie

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Evangeline is a 1929 American synchronized sound film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Dolores del Río. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film was based on a Arthur Hopkins produced play that made it to Broadway in 1913. It is the last film version of the 1847 poem of the same name by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that did not include any dialogue.

Synopsis

In Acadia, now part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men and send them into exile with their lands forfeit to the Crown. Evangeline follows the exiled men in hopes of finding her beloved, but even after he and the other Acadians are released in Louisiana, she cannot find him, always arriving at some locale just after he has departed. But she dedicates her life to searching the continent for the man she loves.

Cast & Crew

Dolores del Río as Evangeline
Roland Drew as Gabriel
Alec B. Francis as Father Felician
Donald Reed as Baptiste
Paul McAllister as Benedict Bellefontaine
James A. Marcus as Basil
George F. Marion as Rene LeBlanc
Bobby Mack as Michael
Louis Payne as Governor-General
Lee Shumway as Colonel Winslow

Directed by: Edwin Carewe
Written by: Finis Fox (scenario & intertitles)
Based on: Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Produced by: Joseph M. Schenck
Starring: Dolores del Río
Cinematography: Robert Kurrle, Al M. Green
Edited by: Jeanne Spencer
Music by: Hugo Riesenfeld
Distributed by: United Artists
Release Date: August 24, 1929
Running Time: 9 reels (8,268 feet)
Country: United States
Languages: Sound (Synchronized), English intertitles