Editing Condemned (1929 film)

{{short description|1929 film by Wesley Ruggles}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Condemned
| image          = Condemned (1929) 1946 re-issue poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = 1946 re-issue poster
| director       = [[Wesley Ruggles]]
| producer       = [[Samuel Goldwyn]]
| based_on       = {{based on|''Condemned to Devil's Island''<br>1928 novel|[[Blair Niles]]}}
| screenplay     = [[Sidney Howard]]
| narrator       = 
| starring       = [[Ronald Colman]]<br>[[Ann Harding]]<br>[[Dudley Digges (actor)|Dudley Digges]]<br>[[Louis Wolheim]]<br>[[William Elmer]]
| music          = [[Hugo Riesenfeld]]
| cinematography = [[George Barnes (cinematographer)|George Barnes]]<br>[[Gregg Toland]]
| editing        = [[Stuart Heisler]]
| studio         = [[Samuel Goldwyn Productions]]
| distributor    = [[United Artists]]
| released       = {{Film date|1929|11|03|premiere|1929|11|16|wide}}
| runtime        = 86 minutes (sound)<br>9000 ft. (silent)
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $600,000 (estimated)
}}

'''''Condemned''''' is a 1929 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] melodrama, directed by [[Wesley Ruggles]], and starring [[Ronald Colman]], [[Ann Harding]], [[Dudley Digges (actor)|Dudley Digges]], [[Louis Wolheim]], [[William Elmer]], and [[Wilhelm von Brincken]]. The movie was adapted by [[Sidney Howard]] from the novel by [[Blair Niles]].

==Plot==
{{no plot|date=March 2023}} A thief incarcerated at the notorious [[Devil's Island]] penal colony falls in love with the prison warden's wife.
[[File:Condemned! (1929).webm|thumb|left|The film.]]

==Cast==
* [[Ronald Colman]] - Michel
* [[Ann Harding]] - Madame Vidal
* [[Dudley Digges (actor)|Dudley Digges]] - Vidal
* [[Louis Wolheim]] - Jacques
* [[William Elmer]] - Pierre
* [[Wilhelm von Brincken]] - Vidal's orderly (as William Vaughn)
* Albert Kingsley - Felix
* Constantine Romanoff - Brute Convict
* Harry Ginsberg - Inmate
* Bud Sommers - Inmate
* Stephen Selznick - Inmate
* Baldy Biuddle - Inmate
* [[John George (actor)|John George]] - Inmate
* John Schwartz - Inmate

==Production background==
This film was also released in a [[silent film|silent]] version running 9,000 feet.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/Condemned1929.html ''Condemned''], SilentEra.com; accessed July 23, 2015.</ref> In 1930, Colman was nominated for an Academy Award in the [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Acting]] category for his work in this film and in ''[[Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)|Bulldog Drummond]]'' (1929). ''Condemned'' was the first of eight films written by Sidney Howard for producer [[Samuel Goldwyn]], the last of which was ''[[Raffles (1939 film)|Raffles]]'' (1939).{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}

==Soundtrack==
''Note: this list is incomplete''
* "Song of the Condemned", written by Jack Meskill and Pete Wendling

==International releases==
The film is known by a variety of other names, including: ''Condenado'' in Portugal and Spain, ''Condemned to Devil's Island'' in the U.S. reissue, ''Condenado a Isla del Diablo'' in Argentina, ''Flucht von der Teufelsinsel'' in Austria, and ''L'isola del diavolo'' in Italy.

==See also==
* [[List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0019785|Condemned}}
* [http://www.cine.gr/film.asp?id=712656 ''Condemned'' at Cine.gr] (in Greek)
* ''[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/71373/condemned#overview Condemned]'' at [[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]]
* {{AFI film|3415}}

{{Wesley Ruggles}}
{{Samuel Goldwyn}}

[[Category:American prison films]]
[[Category:1929 films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:American romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Wesley Ruggles]]
[[Category:Films set on Devil's Island]]
[[Category:Samuel Goldwyn Productions films]]
[[Category:1929 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:1920s melodrama films]]
[[Category:1920s English-language films]]
[[Category:1920s American films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Hugo Riesenfeld]]
[[Category:English-language romantic drama films]]


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