The River of Romance
AN IDYLL OF THE SOUTH WITH A SPARKLING MUSICAL SCORE OF PLANTATION MELODIES AND ROMANTIC LOVE BALLADS
1929 | 78m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Richard Wallace |
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| Writer: | John V.A. Weaver, Dan Totheroh, Ethel Doherty, Booth Tarkington, Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
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| Mississippi, 1830's. Tom Rumsford comes back to Magnolia Landing, his parents'estate. Having been brought up in the North by Quaker relatives, he just hates violence and accordingly refuses a duel. As this is the only way in the South to settle a dispute between gentlemen, Tom's father is so infuriated by his behavior that Tom has no other choice but leave. Away from Magnolia Landing, Tom learns bravery and returns seven years later as "the notorious Colonel Blake", the terror of the Lower Mississippi. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 28, 1929 |
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| Director: | Richard Wallace |
| Writer: | John V.A. Weaver, Dan Totheroh, Ethel Doherty, Booth Tarkington, Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
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| Keywords | mississippi river, quakerism |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Charles 'Buddy' Rogers | Tom Rumford |
| Mary Brian | Lucy Jeffers |
| June Collyer | Elvira Jeffers |
| Henry B. Walthall | General Jeff Rumford |
| Wallace Beery | General Orlando Jackson |
| Fred Kohler | Captain Blackie |
| Natalie Kingston | Mexico |
| Walter McGrail | Major Patterson |
| Anderson Lawler | Joe Patterson |
| Percy Haswell | Madame Rumford |
| George H. Reed | Rumbo |
| Frank Brownlee | Card Player |
| Virginia Bruce | Southern Belle |
| Frank Melton | One of Elvira's Admirers |
| Virginia Beauchamp | Effie |
| Jean Douglas | |
| Katherine Hoffman | |
| Ada Ince | |
| Leone Lane | |
| Nan Preston | |
| Virginia Thomas | |
| Valda West | |
| Marion Sayers | Girl |
| Name | Job |
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| John V.A. Weaver | Adaptation |
| Karl Hajos | Original Music Composer, Music |
| Alyson Shaffer | Editor |
| Dan Totheroh | Adaptation |
| Victor Milner | Cinematography |
| Richard Wallace | Director |
| Ethel Doherty | Screenplay, Writer |
| Harry Lindgren | Sound Recordist |
| George Cukor | Dialogue Coach |
| Booth Tarkington | Original Story |
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Screenplay |
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