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The Foreign Legion
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7828 feet
Directed by Edward Sloman

Cast: Norman Kerry [Richard Farquhar], Lewis Stone [Colonel Destinn], Crauford Kent [Captain Arnaud], Mary Nolan [Sylvia Omney], June Marlowe [Gabrielle], Walter Perry [Corporal Gotz]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Charles Kenyon, from the adaptation by Charles Kenyon of the novel The Red Mirage by I.A.R. Wylie (Ida Alexa Ross Wylie). Cinematography by Jackson Rose. Film editor, Ted Kent. Intertitles written by Jack Jarmuth. Presented by Carl Laemmle / Premiered 23 June 1928 in New York, New York. Released [?] 1 July or 23 September? 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Red Mirage. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown) : A print may exist as a 16mm reduction positive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Algeria - Deserts - France - French Foreign Legion - Soldiers - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 7 January 2010.

References: Brownlow-Parade pp. 160, 578; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 60 : Website-AFI.