---
title: 'The River (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Borzage'
released: '1929-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 84
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-river-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020335/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The River (1929)

1929 · 84 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The River is a 1928 sound part-talkie drama film directed by Frank Borzage, and starring Charles Farrell and Mary Duncan. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Movietone sound-on-film system. A reconstructed version with the about 55 minutes of surviving film, using still images and explanatory titlecards to bridge the missing scenes, was produced by the Munich Filmmuseum, in collaboration with the cinémathèques of Switzerland and Luxembourg. This version was screened in 2006 by the American Museum of the Moving Image in New York City. Borzage also directed Farrell, opposite Janet Gaynor, in Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929) during this period.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Borzage](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-borzage)
- **Screenplay:** [John Hunter Booth](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hunter-booth)
- **Producer:** [William Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-fox-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-palmer-2)

## Cast

- [Mary Duncan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-duncan)
- [Bert Woodruff](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-woodruff)
- [Charles Farrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-farrell-2)

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