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'''''The Delightful Rogue''''' is a 1929 early sound film romantic adventure produced and distributed by [[RKO Pictures]]. The film was directed by [[A. Leslie Pearce]] and features [[Rod La Rocque]] as a modern day pirate in the south seas. La Rocque had recently been playing similar style adventurers in a few of his last silent films. This film attempts to replicate the success of La Rocque's silent adventure movies using early sound equipment, the Photophone system. It is unclear if this film was released in a silent version even though intertitles appear in the sound print. <ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DelightfulRogue1929.html ''The Delightful Rogue'' at silentera.com]</ref> <ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c.1971</ref>
'''''The Delightful Rogue''''' is a 1929 early sound film romantic adventure produced and distributed by [[RKO Pictures]]. The film was directed by A. Leslie Pearce and features [[Rod La Rocque]] as a modern day pirate in the south seas. La Rocque had recently been playing similar style adventurers in a few of his last silent films. This film attempts to replicate the success of La Rocque's silent adventure movies using early sound equipment, the Photophone system. It is unclear if this film was released in a silent version even though intertitles appear in the sound print. <ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DelightfulRogue1929.html ''The Delightful Rogue'' at silentera.com]</ref> <ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c.1971</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==

Revision as of 00:45, 20 January 2013

The Delightful Rogue
Directed byA. Leslie Pearce
Written byLynn Shores
A. Leslie Pearce
Produced byWilliam LeBaron
StarringRod La Rocque
Rita La Roy
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
September 22, 1929
Running time
64 minutes; 7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Delightful Rogue is a 1929 early sound film romantic adventure produced and distributed by RKO Pictures. The film was directed by A. Leslie Pearce and features Rod La Rocque as a modern day pirate in the south seas. La Rocque had recently been playing similar style adventurers in a few of his last silent films. This film attempts to replicate the success of La Rocque's silent adventure movies using early sound equipment, the Photophone system. It is unclear if this film was released in a silent version even though intertitles appear in the sound print. [1] [2]

Cast

  • Rod La Rocque - Lastro, The Pirate
  • Rita La Roy - Nydra
  • Charles Byer - Harry Beal
  • Ed Brady - MacDougal
  • Harry Semels - Hymie
  • Sammy Blum - Junipero
  • Bert Moorhouse - Nielson

References

  1. ^ The Delightful Rogue at silentera.com
  2. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971