The Divine Lady (1929)

Directed by

Frank Lloyd

Genre

drama film, silent film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the late 1700s, British naval hero Horatio Nelson falls in love with Emma Hamilton, the wife of a diplomat. The film follows their scandalous affair against the backdrop of war and society.

romantictragicperiodemotionalsweepingmelancholicold-fashionedsentimental

What happens

The Divine Lady is a 1928 American historical drama film. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. It stars Corinne Griffith and tells the story of the love affair between Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton. It featured the theme song "Lady Divine", with lyrics by Richard Kountz and music by Nathaniel Shilkret, which became a popular hit in 1929 and was recorded by numerous artists, such as Shilkret, Frank Munn, Ben Selvin (as the Cavaliers), Smith Ballew, Adrian Schubert, Sam Lanin, and Bob Haring. The pre-Code film was adapted by Harry Carr, Forrest Halsey, Agnes Christine Johnston, and Edwin Justus Mayer from the novel The Divine Lady: A Romance of Nelson and Emma Hamilton by E. Barrington. It was directed by Frank Lloyd. The film won the Academy Award for Best Director and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Corinne Griffith) and Best Cinematography. It is the only film to be awarded Best Director without a Best Picture nomination (one year earlier, Two Arabian Knights was awarded for Best Director of a Comedy Picture without being nominated for Best Picture). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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