Redemption (1930 film)

Redemption
Directed by Fred Niblo
Lionel Barrymore (retakes)
Produced by Louis B. Mayer
Irving Thalberg
Arthur Hopkins
Written by Leo Tolstoy (play The Living Corpse)
Arthur Hopkins (play Redemption)
Edwin Justus Mayer (dialogue)
Dorothy Farnum (script)
Starring John Gilbert
Music by William Axt
Cinematography Percy Hilburn
Edited by Margaret Booth
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
 May 2, 1930
Running time
 75 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Redemption is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Fred Niblo, produced and distributed by MGM, and starring John Gilbert.

This film was actually Gilbert's first talking film but was released after the now infamous His Glorious Night, which garnered disastrous reviews. The film was based on a stage play, Redemption, adapted by Arthur Hopkins (who had seen the play in Europe) from the play The Living Corpse by Leo Tolstoy. Hopkins produced the play in 1918 with the lead none other than John Barrymore in a winning and successful stage interpretation.[1][2][3]

Cast

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References

  1. ↑ The Barrymores by Hollis Alpert, c.1964 pgs. 178-179
  2. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  3. ↑ Redemption as produced by Arthur Hopkins on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre October 3, 1918 to March 1919, also a 1928 revival at the Ambassador Theatre; IBDb.com

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