A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Cast: Laura La Plante [Olga Balashova], Pat O’Malley [Grand Duke Sergius], Raymond Keane [Alexei Oroloff], George Siegmann [Ivan Kusmin], Arthur Hoyt [Yessky], Earl Metcalf [Nickoli Orloff], Mikhael Vavitch (Michael Vavitch) [the Duke’s adjutant], Nicholas Soussanin [the Duke’s aide], Cesare Gravina [the opera director], Nina Romano [Barbara], Medea Radzina [Anisya], Albert Prisco [?] [messenger or radical]?, George B. Williams [the ruined banker], [?] Theodore Kosloff?, Rosalind Byrne

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal Super Jewel]. / Scenario by A.P. Younger, from the short story “The Midnight Sun” by Laurida Brunn. Cinematography by Jackson Rose and Ernest Smith. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 27 March 1926 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP22558]. Premiered 23 April 1926 in New York, New York. General release, 14 November 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Some scenes were shot on-location in Truckee, California.

Drama.

Synopsis: Russian story.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Dance: Ballet - Dancers: Ballet - Russia - USA: California: Truckee

Listing updated: 30 November 2014.

References: Drew-Speaking pp. 90, 98-99, 278; Edmonds-BigU p. 144; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 53 : ClasIm-224 p. 39; FilmDaily-19251108 front cover : Website-AFI.