The Blue Danube is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film starring Leatrice Joy. Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared. While the sound version 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. This picture was produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Paul Sloane with a distribution through Pathé Exchange.
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Plot
A romance set in Austria before, during, and after World War I.
Cast
Leatrice Joy as Marguerite
Joseph Schildkraut as Ludwig
Nils Asther as Erich von Statzen
Seena Owen as Helena Boursch
Albert Gran as Herr Bourscch
Frank Reicher as Baron
May Robson
Edna Mae Cooper
Oliver Eckhardt as Fritz
Music
The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Moonlight on the Danube” which was composed by Byron Gay.
Preservation
A print of The Blue Danube is preserved at the Library of Congress, Archives Du Film Du CNC(Bois d'Arcy), BFI National Film And Television Archive.