The Cavalier is a 1928 American synchronized sound Western film directed by Irvin Willat, distributed by Tiffany Studios, and starring Richard Talmadge and Barbara Bedford.[1] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
| The Cavalier | |
|---|---|
_-_1.jpg) 1926 advertisement using the alternative title The Fighting Don | |
| Directed by | Irvin Willat |
| Written by | Victor Irvin (screenplay) |
| Based on | The Cavalier by Max Brand |
| Produced by | John M. Stahl |
| Starring | Richard Talmadge Barbara Bedford |
| Cinematography | Harry Cooper Jack Stevens |
| Edited by | Doane Harrison |
| Music by | Hugo Riesenfeld |
| Distributed by | Tiffany Studios |
Release date |
|
Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Plot
editThe story takes place in old Mexico, where a masked rider (Talmadge) and an impoverished girl (Bedford) fall in love, against her father's wishes. When she leaves with him, her father sends his gang in a chase after the two lovers.
Cast
edit- Richard Talmadge as El Caballero / Taki
- Barbara Bedford as Lucia D'Arquista
- Nora Cecil as Lucia's Aunt
- David Torrence as Ramón Torreno
- David Mir as Carlos Torreno
- Stuart Holmes as Sergeant Juan Dinero
- Christian J. Frank as Pierre Gaston (credited as Christian Frank)
- Oliver Eckhardt as The Padre
Music
editThe film featured a theme song entitled "My Cavalier” composed by Hugo Riesenfeld (music) and R. Meredith Willson (lyrics).
Background/Production
editOriginally intended to be an all-sound film, the picture was shot silent and was distributed with a music and special effects soundtrack, with no dialogue, due to technical issues with the sound synchronization equipment.
Preservation
editPreviously considered to be a lost film,[2] the film exists in the Spanish archive Filmoteca de Catalunya, Barcelona.[3] Another print survives at the BFI film archive.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Cavalier at silentera.com
- ^ The Cavalier, Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Lost Tiffany films of - 1928
- ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Cavalier
- ^ https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmItems/153788928 [bare URL]