The Single Standard
The Single Standard is a 1929 American synchronized sound romantic drama film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by veteran John S. Robertson and starring Greta Garbo, Nils Asther and Johnny Mack Brown. The film has no audible dialogue but featured a synchronized musical score and sound effects. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric Sound System sound-on-film process. The soundtrack was also transferred to discs for those theatres that were wired with sound-on-disc sound systems.
| The Single Standard | |
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| Directed by | John S. Robertson |
| Written by | Josephine Lovett Marian Ainslee (intertitles) |
| Based on | The Single Standard 1928 novel by Adela Rogers St. Johns |
| Starring | Greta Garbo Nils Asther Johnny Mack Brown |
| Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
| Edited by | Blanche Sewell |
| Music by | William Axt |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles |
| Budget | US$ 336,000 |
| Box office | US$ 1,048,000 |
This was Greta Garbo's fifteenth film and her second collaboration with fellow Swedish actor Nils Asther, after Wild Orchids.
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