The Czarina's Secret is a 1928 MGM silent fictionalized film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the fourth film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series.
| The Czarina's Secret | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | R. William Neill |
| Written by | Russell Hickson |
| Produced by | Herbert T. Kalmus |
| Starring | Olga Baclanova Sally Rand Lucio Flamma David Mir |
Production companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor Corporation |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | March 17, 1928 |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English Intertitles |
| Budget | $20,068.54[1] |
The film was shot over five days at the Tec-Art Studio in Hollywood.[2] The budget, slightly over $20,000, made it one of the more "higher priced productions" in the "Great Events" series.[3] Cast members Sally Rand and Lucio Flamma had appeared in Technicolor sequences for Cecil B. deMille's The King of Kings less than a year earlier. As with the previous "Great Events" production, The Lady of Victories, The Czarina's Secret made extensive, experimental use of night scenes.[4]
The released version of The Czarina's Secret was well-reviewed, prompting Film Spectator to state that "Technicolor has brought its process to a point of perfection that our big producers can not ignore much longer," and surmising that audience demand for Technicolor would soon be on the increase.[5]
The Czarina's Secret is considered a lost film.[6]