The Single Standard (1929)

Directed by

John S. Robertson

Genre

drama film, silent film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 13m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy woman becomes involved with a charismatic man who challenges the social conventions of her time. Her choices lead to public scrutiny and personal reflection on what she truly wants in life.

romanticmelancholicstylizedslow-burnsilent-eraemotionalclassicdramatic

What happens

The Single Standard is a 1929 American synchronized sound romantic drama film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by veteran John S. Robertson and starring Greta Garbo, Nils Asther. and Johnny Mack Brown. The film has no audible dialogue but featured a synchronized musical score and sound effects. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric Sound System sound-on-film process. The soundtrack was also transferred to discs for those theatres that were wired with sound-on-disc sound systems. This was Greta Garbo's fifteenth film and her second collaboration with fellow Swedish actor Nils Asther, after Wild Orchids. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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