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| ~The Music Master~ 1927 |
| ~Neil Hamilton~ |
| ~Alec B. Francis~ |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
The Music Master was based on the barnstorming David Belasco-David Warfield play of the same name.
Alec B. Francis assumes the old Warfield role as Anton Von Barwig, an elderly musician eking out a
meager existence in a Bohemian artists' colony. Years earlier, a cad had run off with Von Barwig's wife
and destroyed his happy home. Before the inevitable "reunion" with the man who ruined his life, the old
man contents himself by living vicariously through the successes of his prize pupils. Critics in 1927
complained that many of the dramatic highlights of the original play were treated in an offhand fashion,
but director Allan Dwan was merely trying to make the property more cinematic by removing its
marathon dialogue passages (which wouldn't have worked as well in a silent picture, anyway). Featured
in the cast in a peripheral role was Helen Chandler, later the enigmatic leading lady of such talkies as
Dracula and The Last Flight.
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson, AllMovie.com
Alec B. Francis assumes the old Warfield role as Anton Von Barwig, an elderly musician eking out a
meager existence in a Bohemian artists' colony. Years earlier, a cad had run off with Von Barwig's wife
and destroyed his happy home. Before the inevitable "reunion" with the man who ruined his life, the old
man contents himself by living vicariously through the successes of his prize pupils. Critics in 1927
complained that many of the dramatic highlights of the original play were treated in an offhand fashion,
but director Allan Dwan was merely trying to make the property more cinematic by removing its
marathon dialogue passages (which wouldn't have worked as well in a silent picture, anyway). Featured
in the cast in a peripheral role was Helen Chandler, later the enigmatic leading lady of such talkies as
Dracula and The Last Flight.
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson, AllMovie.com
| Directed by: Allan Dwan Written by: Philip Klein - adaptation Based on the play by David Belasco. |
| ~Cast~ Alec B. Francis ... Anton von Barwig Lois Moran ... Helene Stanton Neil Hamilton ... Beverly Cruger Norman Trevor ... Andrew Cruger Charles Lane ... Richard Stanton William T. Tilden ... Joles Helen Chandler ... Jenny Marcia Harris ... Miss Husted Kathleen Kerrigan ... Mrs. Andrew Cruger Howard Cull ... August Poons Armand Cortes ... Pinac (as Armand Cortez) Leo Feodoroff ... Fico Carrie Scott ... Mrs. Mangeborn Dore Davidson ... Pawnbroker Walter Catlett ... Medicine Show Barker Anita Louise (as Anita Fremault) |
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| ~Remaining Credits~ Produced & Released by: Fox Film Corporation Cinematography by: William Miller & George Webber Art Direction by: Sam Corso Costume Design by: Emery J. Herrett Assistant Director: Clarence Elmer Interior Decorator: S. Baxter Draperies: J.G. Horton Scenic Director: Al Panci Presenter: William Fox Length: 8 Reels Runtime: 80 Minutes Released: January 23, 1927 Filmed at Fox Studios, New York City, New York, USA Filmed on location in New York City, New York, USA |