Songs of France
One of the "Famous Melody Series," with sound-on-disc, produced by James A. Fitzpatrick and distributed by Pathe Film Exchanges Inc. This one finds the usual star, Peggy Shaw, as the dancing-partner wife of an Apache dancer in an underworld dive in Paris. She is loved by a crippled violin player, whose death is caused by her husband who has thrown him down in a sub-cellar. Shaw is at his side when he dies, while her husband dances with another partner on the floor above them. Running through the films is a song played by the violinist.
- Rated
- Passed
- Runtime
- 10m
- Released
- 1926
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1926
Storyline
One of the "Famous Melody Series," with sound-on-disc, produced by James A. Fitzpatrick and distributed by Pathe Film Exchanges Inc. This one finds the usual star, Peggy Shaw, as the dancing-partner wife of an Apache dancer in an underworld dive in Paris. She is loved by a crippled violin player, whose death is caused by her husband who has thrown him down in a sub-cellar. Shaw is at his side when he dies, while her husband dances with another partner on the floor above them. Running through the films is a song played by the violinist.
Top credits
Peggy Shaw — Apache Dancer
Wheeler Dryden — Jacques - The Hunchback Violinist
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
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