The Dove (1927 film)

The Dove
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Directed by	Roland West
Produced by	Norma Talmadge Joseph M. Schenck
Written by	Gerald Beaumont (story) Roland West (adaptation) Wallace Smith (adaptation,intertitles)
Based on	The Dove by Willard Mack
Starring	Norma Talmadge Noah Beery Gilbert Roland
Cinematography	Oliver T. Marsh
Edited by	Hal C. Kern
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	December 31, 1927
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles

The Dove (1927) is an American silent film directed by Roland West and starring Norma Talmadge, Noah Beery, and Gilbert Roland, and based on a 1925 Broadway play by Willard Mack.

The original story is about a Mexican despot (played by Beery), who falls in love with a dancing girl (played by Talmadge), who rejects him. Due to the political repercussions of condemning Mexico, it was decided to relocate the plot to some anonymous Mediterranean country. the film was Norma Talmadge's first feature for United Artists.

Though the film was not well received, William Cameron Menzies won the first Academy Award for Best Art Direction in 1928 for this film and Tempest, though the award was then called "Interior Decoration."

At the Library of Congress are reels 1, 3, 4, and 8. The film is missing reels 2, 5, 6, 7, and 9.

In 1932, Herbert Brenon directed a new talkie version named Girl of the Rio, starred by Dolores del Rio for RKO Radio Pictures.

The Dove won the 1929 Academy Award for 'Best Art Direction' for William Cameron Menzies.