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The Last Moment
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5600 feet
Directed by Paul Fejos (Pál Fejös)

Cast: Otto Matiesen [the man], Lucille La Verne [the innkeeper], Isabel Lamore [the man’s first wife], Georgia Hale [the man’s second wife], Julius Molnar Jr. [the man, as a child], Anielka Eltar [a woman], Vivian Winston [a woman]

[?] Zakoro Film Corporation and/or Freedman-Spitz (Samuel Freedman-Edward M. Spitz)? production; distributed by Zakoro Film Corporation. / Produced by Samuel Freedman and Edward M. Spitz. Scenario by Paul Fejos (Pál Fejös). Cinematography by Leon Shamroy. Film editor, Paul Fejos (Pál Fejös). / Released 15 February 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / An experimental Hollywood film, reportedly made for $5000 in 28 days. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Actors - Drowning

Listing updated: 22 April 2024.

References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 270-271, 375, 387; Fell-History p. 106; Thompson-Lost pp. xxi, 151; Weaver-Twenty p. 157 : Website-IMDb.