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{{short description|1927 film}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Dove | image = Dove poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical poster | director = [[Roland West]] | producer = [[Norma Talmadge]]<br>[[Joseph M. Schenck]] | writer = Gerald Beaumont (story)<br>Roland West (adaptation)<br>Wallace Smith (adaptation, intertitles) | based_on = {{based on|''The Dove''|[[Willard Mack]]}} | starring = [[Norma Talmadge]]<br>[[Noah Beery]]<br>[[Gilbert Roland]] | cinematography = [[Oliver T. Marsh]] | editing = [[Hal C. Kern]] | distributor = [[United Artists]] | released = {{Film date|1927|12|31}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = United States | language = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s) | budget = }} '''''The Dove''''' is a 1927 American [[silent film|silent]] [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[Roland West]] based on a 1925 Broadway play by [[Willard Mack]] and starring [[Norma Talmadge]], [[Noah Beery]], and [[Gilbert Roland]].<ref name="BOOK1">{{cite book|last=Reid|first=John|title=Award-Winning Films of the 1930s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vaq_ClRbFf0C&dq=%22The+Dove%22+%2B%22Norma+Talmadge%22&pg=PA69|year=2004|isbn= 9781411614321|page=69|publisher=Lulu.com }}</ref> ==Background== The original story is about Mexican despot Don José (Beery), who falls in love with the dancing girl Dolores (Talmadge) who rejects him. Due to the potential political repercussions of condemning Mexico, it was decided to relocate the plot to some anonymous Mediterranean country. The film was Norma Talmadge's first feature for [[United Artists]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6LcKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CU4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2537,490021&dq=the-dove+norma-talmadge&hl=en|title=Norma Talmadge in ''The Dove''|date=April 1, 1928|work=[[St. Petersberg Times]]|publisher=Google archives|access-date=November 22, 2010}}</ref> ==Plot== A despot falls for a dancing girl. After she rejects him, she has her other beau framed for murder.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Dove|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/ie/film168694.html|access-date=September 8, 2019}}</ref> ==Cast== * [[Norma Talmadge]] as Dolores * [[Noah Beery]] as Don José María y Sandoval * [[Gilbert Roland]] as Johnny Powell * [[Eddie Borden]] as Billy * [[Harry Myers]] as Mike * Walter Daniels as The Drunk * [[Kalla Pasha]] as The Comandante * [[Michael Vavitch]] as Gómez * [[Brinsley Shaw]] as The Patriot * Charles Darvas as The Comandante's Captain * Michael Dark as Sandoval's Captain * [[Olga Baclanova]] as Bit Part (uncredited) * [[Robert Gleckler]] as Bit Part (uncredited) * Mark Hamilton as Prisoner (uncredited) * Andy MacLennan as Bit Part (uncredited) * [[Jack McDonald (actor)|Jack McDonald]] as Bit Part (uncredited) * [[Alice White]] as Bit Part (uncredited) ==Recognition== Though the film was not well received, [[William Cameron Menzies]] won the first [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]] in 1928 for this film<ref name="BOOK1"/> and ''[[Tempest (1928 film)|Tempest]]'', though the award was then called "Interior Decoration."<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/89874/The-Dove/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017062457/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/89874/The-Dove/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2012 |title=NY Times: The Dove |access-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref> In 1932, [[Herbert Brenon]] directed a new ''talkie'' version named ''[[Girl of the Rio]]'', starred by [[Dolores del Río]] for [[RKO Radio Pictures]]. ==Awards and nominations== ''The Dove'' won the 1929 [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Academy Award for Best Art Direction]] for [[William Cameron Menzies]].<ref name="BOOK1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1929 |title=The 1st Academy Awards (1929) Nominees and Winners |date=October 8, 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=May 17, 2019}}</ref> ==Preservation== Prints of ''The Dove'' are located in the collections of the [[Library of Congress]] and [[Swedish Film Institute]].<ref>[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.456/ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''The Dove'']</ref> The [[Library of Congress]] has reels 1, 3, 4, and 8, and is missing reels 2, 5, 6, 7, and 9.<ref>''Anna May Wong: A Complete guide to Her Film, Stage, Radio and Television Work'' by Philip Leibfried and Chei Mi Lane page 59 c.2004</ref><ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/Dove1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Dove''] at silentera.com</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category|The Dove (1927 film)}} *{{AFI film|1438|The Dove}} *{{IMDb title|0017822|The Dove}} *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/greenman2008/3712252638/ Alternative lobby advertisement] *[http://www.olgabaclanova.com/picture_gallery/movies/dove_cs_3s_sos.htm Still] at olgabaclanova.com *[https://archive.org/details/pressbook-ua-the-dove/mode/2up United Artists Press Book] on the [[Internet Archive]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Dove (1927 film), The}} [[Category:1927 films]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:American silent feature films]] [[Category:American films based on plays]] [[Category:Films whose art director won the Best Art Direction Academy Award]] [[Category:Films directed by Roland West]] [[Category:1927 romantic drama films]] [[Category:1920s American films]] [[Category:Silent American romantic drama films]] [[Category:1920s English-language films]]
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