River of Romance | 1929 | Romance, Drama

Title: River of Romance | 1929 | Romance, Drama Director: Richard Wallace. Studio: Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. Starring: Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Mary Brian, June Collyer, Henry B. Walthall, Wallace Beery. Based on: Magnolia by Booth Tarkington. Release Date: June 29, 1929. Runtime: 78 minutes. Format: Black-and-white; Movietone sound-on-film; also released in a silent version; 1.20:1 aspect ratio. Country: United States. Language: English. Genres: Romance, Drama. --- Chapters: 00:00:00 Return to Magnolia Landing 00:12:00 The Duel Challenge 00:30:00 Exile in Natchez 00:50:00 The Notorious Colonel Blake 01:06:00 Masquerade and Unmasking 01:17:00 Reckoning and Resolution --- Summary: In 1830s Mississippi, Tom Rumford returns to his family’s plantation after a Quaker upbringing in the North. His refusal to fight a duel brands him a coward under the South’s code of honor, leading to his banishment. Adopting the persona of “Colonel Blake,” Tom learns to perform bravery, then returns to confront his rival, expose corruption, and reconcile duty with conscience and love. The film explores honor culture, performance of identity, and romance along the Lower Mississippi. --- Background: The film adapts Booth Tarkington’s stage play Magnolia and forms part of a lineage of adaptations that includes The Fighting Coward and Mississippi . Produced and distributed by Paramount Famous Lasky Corp., it was made during the transition to sound, with Movietone recording and a parallel silent version for theaters not yet wired. Titles work is credited to a young Joseph L. Mankiewicz. --- Trivia: Victor Milner, the film’s cinematographer, later won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Cleopatra . A studio-filmed production, it lists Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, among its filming locations. The picture features the song “My Lady Love,” with words and music by Leo Robin and Sam Coslow. An alternate title reported for some releases is A Man Must Fight . --- Public Domain / Rights: Original Release: June 29, 1929. Original Studio / Distributor: Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. Copyright Status: Public Domain . Renewal: Unknown --- Hashtags: RiverOfRomance 1929 PublicDomain ClassicFilm BuddyRogers Paramount PreCode Source page: https: //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:River_of_Romance_(1929).webm Direct media URL: https: //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/River_of_Romance_%281929%29.webm