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The Wheel of Life
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5153 feet
Directed by Victor Schertzinger

Cast: Richard Dix [Captain Leslie Yeullat], Esther Ralston [Ruth Dangan], O.P. Heggie [Colonel John Dangan], Arthur Hoyt [George Faraker], Myrtle Steadman [Mrs. Faraker], Larry Steers [major], Regis Toomey [Lieutenant MacLaren], Nigel de Brulier [Tsering Lama]

Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Adaptation (screenplay) by John Farrow, with dialogue by Julian Johnson, from the play The Wheel of Life by James Bernard Fagan. Song “I Wonder Why I Love You” by Victor Schertzinger. Cinematography by Edward Cronjager. Film editor, Otto Lovering. Intertitles written by Julian Johnson. / © 14 June 1929 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [LP471]. Released 15 June 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also available in a silent version at 5305 feet. / Full-sound film.

Drama: Romance.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Death: Suicide - India - Synchronized sound film - United Kingdom: England: London

Listing updated: 4 August 2024.

References: Drew-Speaking pp. 206, 284 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.