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The Awakening (1928)

The Awakening (1928)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 1928, November 17
Directors: Victor Fleming
Countries: United States of America
Production: Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Cast: George Davis, Louis Wolheim, Walter Byron, Jack McDonald, Vilma Banky, William Orlamond, Jean Laverty, Carl von Haartman, Rex the Dog

Overview:

A French country lass Marie Ducrot, name is "mud" after she is compromised by a German soldier . Turning to religion, Banky becomes one of the "sisters in white" in the field hospitals of World War 1. THE AWAKENING was nominated by the Academy for its Art Direction in the first transitional year of the talkies. A vast number of films from this year are lost and this is no exception. No print or negative materials are known to exist at this time. William Cameron Menzies received his third nomination for this film, having received two the prior year and winning for both.