Evangeline is a 1929 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Dolores del Río. 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 film was based on a Arthur Hopkins produced play that made it to Broadway in 1913. It is the last film version of the 1847 poem of the same name by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that did not include any dialogue.Progressive Silent Film List: Evangeline at silentera.comEvangeline as produced on Broadway at the Park Theatre, beginning October 4, 1913; IBDb.com
Cast Dolores del Río as Evangeline Roland Drew as Gabriel Alec B. Francis as Father Felician Donald Reed as Baptiste Paul McAllister as Benedict Bellefontaine James A. Marcus as Basil George F. Marion as Rene LeBlanc Bobby Mack as Michael Louis Payne as Governor-General Lee Shumway as Colonel Winslow
Music The film featured a theme song entitled "Evangeline" which was composed by Al Jolson and Billy Rose.
Preservation Complete prints of Evangeline are held by the Library of Congress and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Evangeline
See also List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
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Evangeline; lobby poster