About “Evangeline”

Evangeline is a 1929 American drama film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Dolores del Río. The film does not have audible dialogue but was released with a synchronized musical score and sound effects using both sound-on-disc and sound-on-film technologies. It is based on a play produced by Arthur Hopkins that premiered on Broadway in 1913. The film is the last adaptation of the 1847 poem of the same name by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that was made without any dialogue. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

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Some summaries adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.