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'''''The Rough Riders''''' is a 1927 American [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Victor Fleming]], released by [[Paramount Pictures]], and starring [[Noah Beery, Sr.]], [[Charles Farrell]], [[George Bancroft (actor)|George Bancroft]], and [[Mary Astor]]. The picture is fictional account of [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s military unit in [[Cuba]].<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/RoughRiders1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Rough Riders''] at silentera.com</ref> This film had an alternate release title, '''''The Trumpet Call'''''.<ref>[http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0018346/The-Rough-Riders.html Alternate lobby posters titled ''The Trumpet Call'' and ''The Rough Riders'' at MoviePostersDB]</ref> The [[cinematography]] was by [[James Wong Howe]] and E. Burton Steene.
'''''The Rough Riders''''' is a 1927 American [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Victor Fleming]], released by [[Paramount Pictures]], and starring [[Noah Beery, Sr.]], [[Charles Farrell]], [[George Bancroft (actor)|George Bancroft]], and [[Mary Astor]]. 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. The picture is fictional account of [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s military unit in [[Cuba]].<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/RoughRiders1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Rough Riders''] at silentera.com</ref> This film had an alternate release title, '''''The Trumpet Call'''''.<ref>[http://www.movieposterdb.com/movie/0018346/The-Rough-Riders.html Alternate lobby posters titled ''The Trumpet Call'' and ''The Rough Riders'' at MoviePostersDB]</ref> The [[cinematography]] was by [[James Wong Howe]] and E. Burton Steene.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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*[[Fred Kohler]] as Sgt. Stanton
*[[Fred Kohler]] as Sgt. Stanton
*[[Mark Hamilton (actor)|Mark Hamilton]] as a soldier
*[[Mark Hamilton (actor)|Mark Hamilton]] as a soldier

==Music==
The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Goodbye Dolly Gray,” with lyrics by Will D. Cobb and music by Paul Barnes. Also featured was the song entitled “The Rough Riders”
which was composed by Hugo Riesenfeld.


==Preservation==
==Preservation==

Revision as of 16:50, 16 December 2023

For other uses, see Rough Riders (disambiguation).

The Rough Riders
Poster with the film's alternate release title The Trumpet Call
Directed byVictor Fleming
Written byHerman Hagedorn (story)
John F. Goodrich (adapt.)
Robert N. Lee (writer)
Keene Thompson (writer)
George Marion, Jr. (intertitles)
Produced byLucien Hubbard
B. P. Schulberg
StarringNoah Beery
Charles Farrell
George Bancroft
Charles Emmett Mack
Mary Astor
Frank Hooper
CinematographyJames Wong Howe
E. Burton Steene
Edited byE. Lloyd Sheldon
Music byHugo Riesenfeld
J. S. Zamecnik
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • October 1, 1927 (1927-10-01) (U.S.)
  • February 13, 1928 (1928-02-13) (Finland)
Running time
105 minutes
(13 reels)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent Version
Sound Version (Synchronized)
(English intertitles)
Budget$1,410,000[1]

The Rough Riders is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Victor Fleming, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Noah Beery, Sr., Charles Farrell, George Bancroft, and Mary Astor. 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. The picture is fictional account of Theodore Roosevelt's military unit in Cuba.[2] This film had an alternate release title, The Trumpet Call.[3] The cinematography was by James Wong Howe and E. Burton Steene.

Cast

Music

The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Goodbye Dolly Gray,” with lyrics by Will D. Cobb and music by Paul Barnes. Also featured was the song entitled “The Rough Riders” which was composed by Hugo Riesenfeld.

Preservation

Incomplete or fragment prints of The Rough Riders are extant at the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress.[4]

References

  1. ^ "The Rough Riders". Variety. March 30, 1927. p. 14.
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Rough Riders at silentera.com
  3. ^ Alternate lobby posters titled The Trumpet Call and The Rough Riders at MoviePostersDB
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Rough Riders
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