Don Juan (1926 film)

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Don Juan (1926 film) is a 1926 American silent romantic adventure film starring John Barrymore, notable for being the first feature-length film with a synchronized musical score and sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.

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Don Juan (1926 film) canonical 8
John Barrymore as Don Juan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
feature-length film
romantic adventure film
silent film
aspectRatio 1.33:1
basedOn the legend of Don Juan
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Byron Haskin
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Alan Crosland
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
editedBy Harold McCord
era silent era
filmingTechnique live-action
followedBy When a Man Loves
hasFormat 35 mm film
hasGenre adventure film
romance film
silent film
hasIntertitlesLanguage English
hasMusic synchronized musical score
hasSoundEffects synchronized sound effects
hasSubject honor
romantic relationships
seduction
isPartOf early sound cinema
leadActorRole Don Juan (1926 film) self-linksurface differs
surface form: John Barrymore as Don Juan
mainCharacter Don Juan
musicBy David Mendoza
William Axt
notableFor being the first feature-length film with a synchronized musical score
being the first feature-length film with synchronized sound effects
originalLanguage Silent film with English intertitles
precededBy The Sea Beast
premiereLocation Warner Theatre, New York City
producer Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1926-08-06
releaseYear 1926
runtimeMinutes approximately 110
screenplayBy Bess Meredyth
setInPeriod Renaissance
soundFormat sound-on-disc system
soundSystem Vitaphone
starring Estelle Taylor
John Barrymore
Mary Astor
Warner Oland
title Don Juan

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Vitaphone firstFeatureFilm Don Juan (1926 film)
Vitaphone firstFeatureFilmWithRecordedScore Don Juan (1926 film)
Snitz Edwards notableWork Don Juan (1926 film)
Don Juan (1926 film) leadActorRole Don Juan (1926 film) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: John Barrymore as Don Juan
First National Pictures producedFilm Don Juan (1926 film)
John Barrymore notableWork Don Juan (1926 film)
Bess Meredyth notableWork Don Juan (1926 film)
Bess Meredyth workedOn Don Juan (1926 film)
Estelle Taylor notableWork Don Juan (1926 film)