The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Mar 30, 1929

1h 27m

★ 7.3

Overview

This first cinematic version of the classic book is a part-talkie, although the only surviving print is silent (housed in the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY). It is a straight-forward telling of the intermingled lives of a group of strangers doomed to die in a collapsing bridge accident. The Art Direction, paltry and unremarkable, surprisingly won an Oscar over the far more remarkable work nominated in THE IRON MASK. The special effect scene of the lovers plummeting with the bridge into the chasm is unforgettable and remarkably done.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Camila (La Perichole)

Lili Damita

Uncle Pio

Ernest Torrence

Pepita

Raquel Torres

Manuel

Don Alvarado

Esteban

Duncan Renaldo

Father Juniper

Henry B. Walthall

Viceroy

Michael Vavitch

Marquesa

Emily Fitzroy

Doña Carla

Jane Winton

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