The Swan
Romance
Comedy
" A 'SWAN' IS A GIRL WHOSE 'NO' MEANS 'YES'"
The Swan (1925) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Melville Baker's 1923 Broadway play adaptation, The Swan, of Ferenc Molnar's play A Hattyu Vigjatek Harom Felvonasbarn. This film was directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, a recent Russian immigrant working for Famous Players-Lasky. Buchowetzki had directed pictures in Russia, Sweden, and Germany. The story of this film was remade in 1930 as One Romantic Night, an early talkie for Lillian Gish, and in Technicolor as a 1956 vehicle for Grace Kelly.
1925-02-16
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Cast
Director
Dimitri Buchowetzki
Frances Howard as Alexandra, The Swan
Adolphe Menjou as Albert von Kersten-Rodenfels
Ricardo Cortez as Dr. Walter, the Tutor
Ida Waterman as Princess Beatrice
Helen Lindroth as Amphirosa
Helen Lee Worthing as Wanda von Gluck
Joseph Depew as Prince George
George Walcott as Prince Arsene
Michael Vavitch as Colonel Wunderlich (as Mikhael Vavitch)
Arthur Donaldson as Franz, the Court Chamberlain
Clare Eames as Princess Dominica
Michael Visaroff as Father Hyacinth