Adoration is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. The film was released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Pictures, 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.
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Plot
Russian prince, upon returning from the front, sees his wife 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
(with roles played after the Russian revolution in parentheses)
Billie Dove as Princess Elena (Mannequin at modiste shop & waitress at Russian Cafe in Paris)
Antonio Moreno as Prince Serge Orloff (Waiter at low cafe in Paris)
Emile Chautard as General Murajev (Bootblack in Paris)
Lucy Doraine as Ninette the French Maid (Running gambling house in Paris)
Nicholas Bela as Ivan the Valet (Head waiter at Russian Cafe in Paris)
Nicholas Soussanin as Count Vladimir (Proprietor of gambling house in Paris)
Winifred Bryson as Baroness (Waitress at Russian Cafe in Paris)
Lucien Prival as Baron (Fate unknown after revolution)
Music
The theme song for this film was entitled "Adoration" and was composed by Karl Hajos.
Preservation
Prints of Adoration are held by the Library of Congress and the Cineteca Nazionale.