Esther Ralston James Hall Gustav von Seyffertitz Emily Fitzroy
Cinematography
Harold Rosson
Edited by
Helen Lewis
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date
January 29, 1929 (1929-01-29) (United States)
Running time
80 minutes
Country
United States
Languages
Silent English intertitles
The Case of Lena Smith is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Esther Ralston and James Hall, and released by Paramount Pictures.
The Case of Lena Smith is ranked by film critics as among the “lost masterpieces” of the silent era and the Holy Grail for archivists who sift through film repositories. The last remaining prints were destroyed by Paramount Pictures shortly after the end of the Second World War for tax purposes.[1] In 2003, Japanese film historian Komatsu Hiroshi unearthed a four-minute fragment of The Case of Lena Smith in Manchuria, China, reviving interest in the film.[2]
The work was the last of Sternberg's eight silent films and one of three in his career set in the city of his birth and childhood: Vienna. The two other movies are Dishonored (1931) and The King Steps Out (1936).[3][4] American film-maker Curtis Harrington was among the latter people to view a print from the Paramount vaults. Commenting on the experience in Sight & Sound (February 17, 1949), Harrington wrote:
The Case of Lena Smith may be regarded as von Sternberg’s most successful attempt at combining a story of meaning and purpose with his very original style.[5]
^Howarth, 2007, p. 30-31
^Horwath, 2008. p. 12
^Howarth, 2007. p. 11-12
^Bergstrom, 2007, p. 43
^Howarth and Omasta, 2007. p. 287
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