Nine different languages, and all Russian. That was a novel discovery made during the filming of "The Red Dance," by Raoul Walsh. One scene, a reception given by Princess Varvaro, as portrayed by Dorothy Revier, for her fiance. Grand Duke Eugen, as played by Charles Farrell, called for a brilliant . gathering of Russian aristocrats, to the j number of 200. Walsh combed the I Russian film colony and when they assembled nine languages were spoken, , due to the fact that the gathering conjtained actors who came originally from as many points in Russia, each', having its own individual language. Dolores Del Rio and Charles Farrell have the starring roles in the picture, which is of the period just prior to «the, Menshevik [revolution in Russia-
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 230, 28 September 1929, Page 5 (Supplement)
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