A Reno Divorce
| A Reno Divorce | |
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Scene from A Reno Divorce | |
| Directed by | Ralph Graves |
| Written by | Robert Lord (scenario) |
| Story by | Ralph Graves |
| Starring | May McAvoy Ralph Graves |
| Cinematography | Norbert Brodine |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
A Reno Divorce was a 1927 American synchronized sound romantic drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. While the film has no audible dialogue, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. Ralph Graves wrote, directed and stars in this film which was the last of the five films he ever directed.[1] The visual portion of the film is now considered lost.[2][3] The soundtrack survives on Vitaphone discs.
Cast
- May McAvoy as Carla
- Ralph Graves as David
- Hedda Hopper as Hedda Frane
- Robert Ober as Eric Frane
- William Demarest as James, the chauffeur
- Anders Randolf as David's father
- Edwards Davis as Judge
Censorship
When A Reno Divorce was released, many states and cities in the United States had censor boards that could require cuts or other eliminations before the film could be shown. The Kansas censor board ordered a cut of an intertitle card with the caption, "All my life I've wanted a baby."[4]
See also
References
- ^ White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog Of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 646. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- ^ A Reno Divorce at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers Pictures Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ A Reno Divorce at silentera.com
- ^ "Eliminations Ordered in 1928 by Kansas Censor Board with Woman Members". Variety. 94 (6). New York City: Variety, Inc.: 5 February 20, 1929. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
External links
- Media related to A Reno Divorce at Wikimedia Commons
- A Reno Divorce at IMDb