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Glorious Betsy is a 1928 silent film with talking sequences. It is based on a play of the same name by Rida Johnson Young and starring Dolores Costello. It was produced by Warner Bros. and was nominated for (but did not win) an Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation in 1929. The film was directed by Alan Crosland with cinematography by Hal Mohr. A mute print of this film survives in the Library of Congress, and while their copy of this film is missing some of the sound reels, it is unknown whether other copies of the sound have been preserved elsewhere. Vitaphone track survive incomplete at UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Although the film was written by both Anthony Coldeway and Jack Jarmuth (the latter credited only for title cards), only Coldeway was nominated for the Academy Award.
Original Release
02/07/1928
US Release
04/26/1928
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Dolores Costello | Betsy Patterson |
| Conrad Nagel | Jérôme Bonaparte |
| John Miljan | Preston |
| Marc McDermott | Col. Patterson / Colonel Patterson |
| Pasquale Amato | Napoleon |
| Michael Vavitch | Capt. St. Pierre / Captain St. Pierre |
| Andrés de Segurola | Capt. Du Fresne / Captain Du Fresne |
| Paul Panzer | The Ship's Captain |
| Clarissa Selwynne | Aunt Mary |
| Betty Blythe | Princess Fredericka |
Directors
Writers
Anthony Coldeway, Jack Jarmuth, Rida Johnson Young
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Dolores Costello | Betsy Patterson |
| Conrad Nagel | Jérôme Bonaparte |
| John Miljan | Preston |
| Marc McDermott | Col. Patterson / Colonel Patterson |
| Pasquale Amato | Napoleon |
| Michael Vavitch | Capt. St. Pierre / Captain St. Pierre |
| Andrés de Segurola | Capt. Du Fresne / Captain Du Fresne |
| Paul Panzer | The Ship's Captain |
| Clarissa Selwynne | Aunt Mary |
| Betty Blythe | Princess Fredericka |
| Carlos Durand | Undetermined Secondary Role |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1929 | Oscar | Best Writing, Adaptation | Nominated |
