The Blue Danube (1928 film)

The Blue Danube is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film starring Leatrice Joy. Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared. While the sound version 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. This picture was produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Paul Sloane with a distribution through Pathé Exchange.

Plot
A romance set in Austria before, during, and after World War I.

Cast

 * Leatrice Joy as Marguerite
 * Joseph Schildkraut as Ludwig
 * Nils Asther as Erich von Statzen
 * Seena Owen as Helena Boursch
 * Albert Gran as Herr Bourscch
 * Frank Reicher as Baron
 * May Robson
 * Edna Mae Cooper
 * Oliver Eckhardt as Fritz

Music
The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Moonlight on the Danube” which was composed by Byron Gay.

Preservation
A print of The Blue Danube is preserved at the Library of Congress, Archives Du Film Du CNC(Bois d'Arcy), BFI National Film And Television Archive.