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Adoration is a 1928 American 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]

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

Premise

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 IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Still at gettyimages.com

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