The Pagan
| The Pagan | |
|---|---|
1929 lobby poster | |
| Directed by | W. S. Van Dyke |
| Written by | Dorothy Farnum (scenario) John Howard Lawson (intertitles) John Russell |
| Based on | In Dark Places 1923 novel by John Russell |
| Produced by | Louis B. Mayer Irving Thalberg |
| Starring | Ramon Novarro Renée Adorée Donald Crisp Dorothy Janis |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna |
| Edited by | Ben Lewis |
| Music by | William Axt (music score) Nacio Herb Brown (theme song) Arthur Freed (theme song) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 9 reels; 7,459 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (synchronized) English intertitles |
The Pagan is a 1929 synchronized sound romantic drama filmed in Tahiti and produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 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. Both director W. S. Van Dyke and cinematographer Clyde De Vinna had previously visited Tahiti in 1928 to film White Shadows in the South Seas. The Pagan stars Ramon Novarro.
The film has a slight resemblance in story to an earlier Novarro silent, Where the Pavement Ends (1923), directed by Rex Ingram and now lost.