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Glorious Betsy is a 1928 silent film with talking sequences. It is based on the 1908 play of the same name by Rida Johnson Young, and it stars Dolores Costello. It was produced by Warner Bros. and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation in 1929. The film was directed by Alan Crosland with cinematography by Hal Mohr.[2] A mute print of this film survives in the Library of Congress, and while the copy is missing some of the sound reels, it's unknown whether other copies of the sound have been preserved elsewhere.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Vitaphone track survive incomplete at UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Glorious Betsy
1928 theatrical poster
Directed by	Alan Crosland Gordon Hollingshead
Screenplay by	Anthony Coldeway Jack Jarmuth
Based on	Glorious Betsy by Rida Johnson Young
Starring	Dolores Costello Conrad Nagel
Cinematography	Hal Mohr
Edited by	Thomas Pratt
Production company	Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	April 26, 1928 (1928-04-26)
Running time	80 minutes (7-8 reels; 7,091 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent film (English intertitles & talking sequences)
Budget	$198,000[1]
Box office	$965,000[1]

Although the film was written by both Anthony Coldeway and Jack Jarmuth (the latter credited only for title cards); only Coldeway was nominated for the Academy Award.

Plot

The film is a semi-historical narrative and depicts the real-life courtship, marriage, and forced breakup of Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, and his wife from the American South, Elizabeth Patterson. Napoleon did not approve of the union (despite the fact that her family was one of the wealthiest in America), and the marriage was annulled. Jérôme was subsequently forced to marry Catharina of Württemberg. They had one child, depicted in the film, Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte. In order to provide a "happy ending", Jérôme in the film leaves France to be with his wife. However, in historical fact he remained in Europe.

Production

The film is based on the 1908 Broadway play written by Rida Johnson Young and starring Mary Mannering. It was produced by Lee and Jake Shubert, and opened at the Lyric Theatre on September 7, 1908. It only ran 24 performances and closed in September 1908. Future film players Charles Clary, Harrison Ford, and Maude Turner Gordon had roles in the production.[9]

Cast

• Dolores Costello as Betsy Patterson
• Conrad Nagel as Jérôme Bonaparte
• John Miljan as Preston
• Marc McDermott as Colonel Patterson
• Pasquale Amato as Napoleon Bonaparte
• Michael Vavitch as Capt. St. Pierre
• Andrés de Segurola as Capt. Du Fresne
• Paul Panzer as The Ship's Captain
• Clarissa Selwynne as Aunt Mary
• Betty Blythe as Princess Frederick

Premiere Vitaphone short films

Glorious Betsy premiered at Warners Theatre in New York City on April 26, 1928.^{[citation needed]}

Title	Year
Marion Talley, Soprano, and Beniamino Gigli, Tenor, of the Metropolitan Opera Company, Singing "Verranno a te sull'aura" (Borne on the Sighing Breeze) from Act 1 of Lucia di Lammermoor	1927

Box office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $815,000 domestically and $153,000 foreign.[1]

See also

• List of early Warner Bros. talking features

References

External links

• Glorious Betsy at IMDb
• Glorious Betsy at SilentEra
• Glorious Betsy at AllMovie
• Poster of Glorious Betsy

На других языках

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- [en] Glorious Betsy

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[ru] Славная Бетси

«Славная Бетси» (англ. Glorious Betsy) — американская немая драма 1928 года режиссёра Алана Кросланда. Премьера состоялась в Нью-Йорке 26 апреля 1928 года. Фильм был номинирован на премию «Оскар» за лучший адаптированный сценарий (Энтони Коулдуэй). Киноадаптация одноименной бродвейской пьесы Риты Джонсон Янг,[1] в которой рассказывается о Жероме Бонапарте, опекуне французской аристократки Бетси, вместе с которой они, спасаясь от Наполеона, отправляются в США.

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