Disraeli (1929 film)
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| Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
| Screenplay by | Julien Josephson |
| Based on | Disraeli (play) by Louis N. Parker |
| Produced by | Jack L. Warner Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Starring | George Arliss Doris Lloyd David Torrence Joan Bennett |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
| Edited by | Owen Marks (uncredited) |
| Music by | Louis Silvers |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 90 minutes (1929 release) 87 minutes (1934 re-release) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $318,000 |
| Box office | $1,498,000 |
Disraeli is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code historical film directed by Alfred E. Green, released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., and adapted by Julien Josephson (screenplay) and De Leon Anthony (titles) from the 1911 play Disraeli by Louis N. Parker.
The lobby card states, "Mr. George Arliss in his greatest picture Disraeli". His performance as British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli won him the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. The story revolves around the British plan to buy the Suez Canal and the efforts of two spies to stop it.
As with the original 1911 Broadway play and its 1917 revival, and the 1921 silent film, Arliss' wife Florence appeared opposite him in the role of Disraeli's wife, Mary Anne (Lady Beaconsfield).