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USA, 1929
Director: Lionel Barrymore
Producer: Irving Thalberg
Cast: John Gilbert, Catherine Dale Owen, Nance O’Neil, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Hedda Hopper, Doris Hill, Tyrell Davis
Screenwriter: Willard Mac
Based upon the play by: Ferenc Molnar
Cinematography: Percy Hilburn
Editor: William LeVanway
Genre: Drama, Romance
Black & White, Tinted
Aspect Ratio: 1.20:1
Language: English
Running Time: 80 minutes
© MCMXXIX Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
New Edition © 2025 The Film Preserve, Ltd. and The Maltese Film Works

Synopsis:
Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen), engaged in a secret tryst with a lower class man Captain Kovacs (John Gilbert), is forced into an arranged marriage by her mother Eugenie (Nance O'Neil).

Restoration:
His Glorious Night had survived as a partial original negative, with some dupe material cut in. Splices throughout would not allow synchronization to the original tracks, which had to be re-cut, and in places filled in with new material where parts of the track did not survive. The film was fully graded as the original elements were as photographed.

Presented by: Film Preserve Ltd., The Maltese Film Works, and San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Funding provided by: Olivia and John Farr; The Lucille and Paul Maslin Foundation; David and Donna Morrell; George Stevens, Jr.
Restored by: Robert A. Harris and James T. Mockoski
Editorial & Conform: Robby Schafer
Sound Editorial: Jim McKee
Additional Color: Ross Parsons
A Rialto Pictures Release

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