Adoration (1928 film)

Adoration
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Frank Lloyd
Produced by	Frank Lloyd
Written by	Story: Lajos Biró Screenplay: Winifred Dunn
Starring	Billie Dove Antonio Moreno Emile Chautard Lucy Doraine
Music by	Max Bergunker Gerard Carbonara Karl Hajos
Cinematography	John F. Seitz
Edited by	John Rawlins Frank Stone
Distributed by	First National Pictures: a subsidiary of Warner Bros.
Release dates	December 2, 1928 (1928-12-02) (U.S.)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Adoration (1928) is a synchronized sound drama film with a Vitaphone musical score and sound effects. The film was released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Frank Lloyd. It stars Billie Dove, Antonio Moreno, Emile Chautard and Lucy Doraine. The film was also issued in a shorter silent version for theatres that were not yet wired for sound.^[1]^[2]

Synopsis

Russian prince (Antonio Moreno), upon returning from the front, sees his wife (Billie Dove) in the company of a blackguard count. Prince becomes jealous, and, later, while attempting to break into the count's home, both he and the count are knocked unconscious by the mob. Prince, wife and count escape from Russia and eventually get to Paris, where wife is able to convince prince that it was her maid who went to the count's home.

Cast

Billie Dove as Elena
Antonio Moreno as Prince Serge Orloff
Emile Chautard as Murajev
Lucy Doraine as Ninette
Nicholas Bela as Ivan
Nicholas Soussanin as Vladimir
Winifred Bryson as Baroness
Lucien Prival as Baron

Preservation

A print of Adoration survives in the Czech Film Archive.^[3]

References

External links

Adoration at the Internet Movie Database
synopsis at AllMovie

The films of Frank Lloyd

1910s	To Redeem a Value (1915) 10,000 Dollars (1915) The Gentleman from Indiana (1915) Jane (1915) The Reform Candidate (1915) The Tongues of Men (1916) The Call of the Cumberlands (1916) Madame la Presidente (1916) The Code of Marcia Gray (1916) David Garrick (1916) The Making of Maddalena (1916) An International Marriage (1916) The Stronger Love (1916) The Intrigue (1916) Sins of Her Parent (1916) The World and the Woman (1916) The Kingdom of Love (1917) The Price of Silence (1917) A Tale of Two Cities (1917) American Methods (1917) When a Man Sees Red (1917) Les Misérables (1917) The Heart of a Lion (1917) The Blindness of Divorce (1918) True Blue (1918) Riders of the Purple Sage (1918) His Extra Bit (1918) The Rainbow Trail (1918) For Freedom (1918) The Man Hunter (1919) Pitfalls of a Big City (1919) The World and Its Woman (1919) The Loves of Letty (1919)

1920s	The Woman in Room 13 (1920) The Silver Horde (1920) Madame X (1920) The Great Lover (1920) A Tale of Two Worlds (1921) Roads of Destiny (1921) A Voice in the Dark (1921) The Invisible Power (1921) The Grim Comedian (1921) The Man from Lost River (1921) The Eternal Flame (1922) The Sin Flood (1922) Oliver Twist (1922) The Voice from the Minaret (1923) Within the Law (1923) Ashes of Vengeance (1923) Black Oxen (1923) The Sea Hawk (1924) The Silent Watcher (1924) Her Husband's Secret (1925) Winds of Chance (1925) The Splendid Road (1925) The Wise Guy (1926) The Eagle of the Sea (1926) Children of Divorce (1927) Adoration (1928) Weary River (1929) The Divine Lady (1929) Drag (1929) Dark Streets (1929) Young Nowheres (1929)

1930s	Son of the Gods (1930) The Way of All Men (1930) The Lash (1930) The Right of Way (1931) East Lynne (1931) The Age for Love (1931) A Passport to Hell (1932) Cavalcade (1933) Berkeley Square (1933) Hoop-La (1933) Servants' Entrance (1934) Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) Under Two Flags (1936) Maid of Salem (1937) Wells Fargo (1937) If I Were King (1938) Rulers of the Sea (1939)

1940s	The Howards of Virginia (1940) This Woman is Mine (1941) The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) Forever and a Day (1943) Blood on the Sun (1945)

1950s	The Shanghai Story (1954) The Last Command (1955)

Productions	Saboteur (1942) The Spoilers (1942) Invisible Agent (1942)

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