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The Rescue (1929)

The Rescue poster
Directed by
Herbert Brenon
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to rescue a woman caught in a dangerous situation. The story is a romance and drama set in an adventure context.

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What happens

The Rescue is a 1929 American sound pre-Code romantic adventure film directed by Herbert Brenon, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The screenplay was written by Elizabeth Meehan, based on the 1920 novel by Joseph Conrad. The music score is by Hugo Riesenfeld. The film stars Ronald Colman and Lili Damita. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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