The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944 film)
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| Directed by | Rowland V. Lee |
| Produced by | Rowland V. Lee Benedict Bogeaus |
| Written by |
Howard Estabrook Herman Weissman Thornton Wilder (novel) |
| Starring |
Lynn Bari Francis Lederer Akim Tamiroff Alla Nazimova |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Cinematography |
John W. Boyle John J. Mescall (uncredited) |
| Edited by | Harvey Manger |
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Benedict Bogeaus Productions
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time
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107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 1944 drama film made by Benedict Bogeaus Productions and released by United Artists. It was produced and directed by Rowland V. Lee with Benedict Bogeaus as co-producer. The screenplay by Howard Estabrook and Herman Weissman was adapted from the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder. The music score was by Dimitri Tiomkin and the cinematography by John W. Boyle and an uncredited John J. Mescall.
The film stars Lynn Bari, Francis Lederer, Akim Tamiroff, Alla Nazimova and Louis Calhern.
Despite a low budget and several notable deviations from the Thornton Wilder novel, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score (Dimitri Tiomkin).
The film and novel are very loosely based on the real-life story of Micaela Villegas (1748-1819), a famous Peruvian entertainer known as La Perichole, whose life was also the inspiration for the novella Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement by Prosper Mérimée; an opéra bouffe, La Périchole by Jacques Offenbach; and Jean Renoir’s 1953 film Le Carrosse d'or (The Golden Coach).
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