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{{short description|1930 film}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Green Goddess | image = The_Green_Goddess_1930_Poster.jpg | caption = poster | producer = [[Walter Morosco]] | director = [[Alfred E. Green]] | based_on = {{based on|''[[The Green Goddess (play)|The Green Goddess]]''<br>1921 play|[[William Archer (critic)|William Archer]]}} | writer = [[Julien Josephson]] | starring = [[George Arliss]]<br>[[Ralph Forbes]]<br>[[H.B. Warner]]<br>[[Alice Joyce]] | music = [[Louis Silvers]] | cinematography = [[James Van Trees]] | editing = [[James Gibbon (film editor)|James Gibbon]] | distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.]] | released = {{Film date|1930|02|13}} | budget = | country = United States | runtime = 73 minutes | language = [[English language|English]] }} [[File:Screening at a country town, 1931 (6297430030).jpg|thumb|250px|right|Pamphlet for promoting the film]] '''''The Green Goddess''''' is a 1930 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] film directed by [[Alfred E. Green]]. It was a remake of the [[The Green Goddess (1923 film)|1923 silent film]], which was in turn based on the [[The Green Goddess (stage play)|play of the same name]] by [[William Archer (critic)|William Archer]]. It was produced by [[Warner Bros.]] using their new [[Vitaphone]] sound system, and adapted by [[Julien Josephson]]. It stars [[George Arliss]], [[Alice Joyce]] (in her final film role), [[Ralph Forbes]] and [[H.B. Warner]]. Arliss and Ivan F. Simpson played the same parts in all three productions, while Joyce reprised her role from the earlier film. Arliss was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]] for his performance. ==Plot== A small plane carrying three British citizens β Major Crespin, his estranged wife Lucilla, and pilot Dr. Traherne β becomes lost and is forced to crash land in the tiny realm of Rukh, somewhere near the [[Himalaya Mountains]]. The Raja who rules the land welcomes them. As it happens, the Raja's three brothers are soon to be executed for murder by the British. When the three plane-crash survivors appear, the Raja's subjects become convinced that their Green Goddess has delivered three victims into their hands for revenge. The three are to be killed once the Raja's three brothers are dead. The Raja professes no great love for his brothers, as they had posed a danger to the succession of his own children, but he sees no reason to anger his people by protecting his British guests. When he becomes attracted to Lucilla, however, he offers to spare her life if she will become his wife. She refuses. The prisoners become aware that the Raja has a [[telegraph]], operated by the Raja's renegade British exile and chief assistant, Watkins. Hoping to send for help, they try to bribe Watkins, but when they realize he is only leading them on, they throw him off the balcony to his death. Major Crespin manages to send a message before the Raja's men break into the room. The Raja personally shoots Crespin in the back, killing him in mid-transmission. The next day, Traherne and Lucilla are taken to the temple of the Green Goddess. Once more, the Raja renews his offer to Lucilla, but is again turned down. Given a moment alone, Traherne and Lucilla confess their love for each other. Then, in the nick of time, six British biplanes appear in the skies over Rukh. Lt. Cardew lands and demands the release of the couple. The Raja gives in. ==Cast== * [[George Arliss]] as The Raja * [[Ralph Forbes]] as Dr. Traherne * [[H.B. Warner]] as Major Crespin * [[Alice Joyce]] as Lucilla * [[Ivan F. Simpson]] as Watkins * [[Reginald Sheffield]] as Lieutenant Cardew * [[Betty Boyd]] as An Ayah * [[Nigel De Brulier]] as Temple Priest ==Production== ''The Green Goddess'' was filmed in 1929 and completed before ''[[Disraeli (1929 film)|Disraeli]]'' (1929) but was held out of release until later at the request of George Arliss because he felt that ''Disraeli'' was a better vehicle for his sound debut. ''[[The Green Goddess (1923 film)|The Green Goddess]]'' first was adapted for cinema in 1923. Produced by Distinctive Productions, it was directed by [[Sidney Olcott]] and played by [[George Arliss]], [[Alice Joyce]] and [[Jetta Goudal]]. ==Adaptations to radio== ''The Green Goddess'' was adapted as a one-hour radio play on the January 6, 1935 broadcast of ''[[Lux Radio Theater]]'', starring Claude Rains. It was adapted to radio again by Orson Welles on [[The Campbell Playhouse (radio series)|The Campbell Playhouse]] on February 10, 1939 with Welles as The Rajah and Madeleine Carroll as Lucille.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://orsonwelles.indiana.edu/items/show/1980#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-1148%2C-1%2C4935%2C3413 | title=Green Goddess Β· Orson Welles on the Air, 1938-1946 }}</ref> ==Preservation status== *The film survives with copies at the Library of Congress and Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.<ref>''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', (<-book title) p.72 c.1978 by The American Film Institute</ref><ref>[https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wcftr/title.asp?film_id=33637 Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Feature Film Database:''The Green Goddess'']</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb title|0020938|The Green Goddess}} *{{tcmdb title|13666|The Green Goddess}} *{{AFI film|id=9509|title=The Green Goddess}} *[http://pre-code.com/the-green-goddess-1930-review-with-george-arliss-and-ralph-forbes/ Review at pre-code.com] '''Streaming audio''' *[https://orsonwelles.indiana.edu/items/show/1980 ''The Green Goddess''] on ''[[The Campbell Playhouse (radio series)|The Campbell Playhouse]]'': February 2, 1939 * [https://archive.org/download/TheaterGuildontheAir/Tgoa_46-10-20_ep046-Green_Goddess.mp3 ''The Green Goddess''] on [[Theater Guild on the Air]]: October 20, 1946 {{Alfred E. Green}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Green Goddess (1930 film), The}} [[Category:1930 films]] [[Category:1930 drama films]] [[Category:Remakes of American films]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:1930s English-language films]] [[Category:American films based on plays]] [[Category:Films directed by Alfred E. Green]] [[Category:Films set in the British Raj]] [[Category:Films set in India]] [[Category:Films set in the Himalayas]] [[Category:Indian mythology in popular culture]] [[Category:Hindu mythology in popular culture]] [[Category:Sound film remakes of silent films]] [[Category:Warner Bros. films]] [[Category:Films scored by Louis Silvers]] [[Category:American drama films]] [[Category:1930s American films]]
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