• Source: Condemned (1929 film)

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




Plot


A thief incarcerated at the notorious Devil's Island penal colony falls in love with the prison warden's wife.




Cast


Ronald Colman - Michel
Ann Harding - Madame Vidal
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 - Inmate
John Schwartz - Inmate




Production background


This film was also released in a silent version running 9,000 feet. In 1930, Colman was nominated for an Academy Award in the Acting category for his work in this film and in 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).




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






External links


Condemned at IMDb
Condemned at Cine.gr (in Greek)
Condemned at TCM
Condemned at AllMovie
Condemned at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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