- Queen Kelly
Infobox_Film
name = Queen Kelly
imdb_id = 0020298
writer =Erich von Stroheim
Marion Ainslee (titles)
starring =Gloria Swanson
Walter ByronSeena Owen Tully Marshall
director =Erich von Stroheim Edmund Goulding (uncredited)Richard Boleslawski (uncredited)Sam Wood (uncredited)
producer =Eric von Stroheim Gloria Swanson
music = Adolph Tandler
released = 1929
distributor = United Artists ("later by"Kino International )
runtime = 101 minutes
amg_id = 1:39813
language =Silent film
English intertitles"Queen Kelly" is the title of an American
silent film produced in 1928-29 and released in 1929, originally byUnited Artists .The film was directed by
Erich von Stroheim and starredGloria Swanson in the title role.A portion of the film was used in the 1950 film "Sunset Boulevard", representing an old silent picture Swanson's character - herself a silent movie star - had made. Coincidentally, Von Stroheim is also a primary character in "Sunset Boulevard", as her ex-director, ex-husband, and current butler.
The film was never completed as intended, although ultimately there was an alternate version that played in European theatres that wrapped up its storyline thanks to clever editing. In that ending, the title character commits suicide. In the most well-known version of the film, the title character is sent to live in an African brothel. By 1985,
Kino International had acquired the rights to the movie and restored two versions, one that uses still photos and subtitles in an attempt to wrap up the storyline, and the other the European "suicide ending" version. Kino remains the rights holder and is responsible for all distribution, including television and home video.ee also
*"Sunset Boulevard" (1950)
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*imdb title|0020298
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