---
title: 'The Rescue (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Herbert Brenon'
released: '1929-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-rescue-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020323/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Rescue (1929)

1929 · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Rescue is a 1929 American sound pre-Code romantic adventure film directed by Herbert Brenon, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The screenplay was written by Elizabeth Meehan, based on the 1920 novel by Joseph Conrad. The music score is by Hugo Riesenfeld. The film stars Ronald Colman and Lili Damita.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Herbert Brenon](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-brenon)
- **Screenplay:** [Elizabeth Meehan](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-meehan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hugo Riesenfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-riesenfeld)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Wong Howe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wong-howe), [Joseph F. Biroc](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-f-biroc), [George Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-barnes)
- **Editor:** [Harry H. Caldwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-h-caldwell)

## Cast

- [Lili Damita](https://cinepixo.com/people/lili-damita)
- [Ronald Colman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-colman)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-rescue-1929
Film facts: Wikidata (Q7760251); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.