Light of India is a 1929 MGM short silent film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the tenth film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series.

Light of India
Directed byElmer Clifton
Produced byHerbert T. Kalmus
StarringBetty Boyd
Shogwan Singh
Harold Goodwin
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Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • March 9, 1929 (1929-03-09)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English Intertitles

Production

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The film was shot at the Tec-Art Studio in Hollywood. Director Elmer Clifton was paid $1000.00 for his work on this film and earlier series entry Manchu Love.[2]

Preservation status

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Light of India is believed to be lost.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Layton, James; Pierce, David (2015). The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935. Rochester, New York: George Eastman House. p. 345. ISBN 9780935398281. OCLC 893557706.
  2. ^ Slide, Anthony (2005). "The "Great Events" Series". Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 38. ISBN 9780810850163. OCLC 474654178.
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