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.
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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.