"Divine Lady", released in 1929, was the last silent films to win an Oscar for its director. The film did have a musical soundtrack, sound effects for the battle sequences, and Corinne Griffith playing the harp and singing "Loch Lomond". The advent of talkies was a time of amazing technical and artistic upheaval in Hollywood insightfully portrayed in this year's "The Artist". In an interview Frank Lloyd said he was proud of "Divine Lady" and
also glad it had been made as a silent since Victor Varconi (Lord Nelson) could only speak English with a strong Hungarian accent. |
