The Single Standard (1929) - SFdb

Table of contents

Basic facts
Links and resources
Titles
Crew
Cast
Companies

About the film
Plot summary
Swedish censorship / rating
Technical specifications
Comments
Original work

Production location
Release dates
Soundtrack listing
Awards
Related films
Subjects

Holdings Film
Holdings Posters
Holdings Archive materials
Holdings Scripts
Holdings Stills
Holdings Promotion materials

Other manifestations of this work

Basic facts

Original title	The Single Standard
Film type	Feature
Category	Fiction
Director	John S. Robertson
Producer	John S. Robertson
Screenplay	Josephine Lovett
Original work	The Single Standard (Novel)
Production country	USA
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Swedish release	1930-05-01

Cast

Greta Garbo
Arden Stuart Hewlett

Nils Asther
Packy Cannon

Johnny Mack Brown (as John Mack Brown)
Tommy Hewlett

Dorothy Sebastian
Mercedes Stuart

Lane Chandler
Ding Stuart

Mahlon Hamilton
Mr. John Glendenning

Titles

Original title	The Single Standard
Swedish release title	En kvinnas moral
Distribution title	Rozpoutaná vášeň (Tjeckoslovakien) Unsichtbare Fesseln (Tyskland) Tentación (Spanien) Le droit d'aimer (Frankrike) Pokusa (Polen) O direito de amar (Portugal) Единый стандарт (Ryssland) Elämän valhe (Finland) Den nye moral (Norge) En kvinnes moral (Norge) Gleiche Moral (Österrike) Mulher singular (Brasilien) La donna che ama (Italien)

Crew

Director	John S. Robertson
Screenplay	Josephine Lovett
Producer	John S. Robertson
Director of Photography	Oliver T. Marsh (as Oliver Marsh)
Music	William Axt (as Dr. William Axt)
Production Designer	Cedric Gibbons
Film Editor	Blanche Sewell
Titles	Marian Ainslee
Still Photographer	James Manatt (ej krediterad) Ruth Harriet Louise (porträttfoton - ej krediterad) Edward J. Steichen (as Edward Steichen) (porträttfoton - ej krediterad)
Costume Designer	Adrian

Cast

Greta Garbo	Arden Stuart Hewlett
Nils Asther	Packy Cannon
Johnny Mack Brown (as John Mack Brown)	Tommy Hewlett
Dorothy Sebastian	Mercedes Stuart
Lane Chandler	Ding Stuart
Mahlon Hamilton	Mr. John Glendenning
Kathlyn Williams	Mrs. Glendenning
Zeffie Tilbury	Mrs. Handley
-	Ej krediterade:
Wally Albright	Ardens lille son
Fred Solm (as Robert Castle)	Anthony Kendall, Stuarts chaufför
Joel McCrea	Blythe, en av de flirtande unga männen
William H. O'Brien	Stuarts butler
Wade Boteler	kvinnotjusare
Anita Garvin	Packys svartsjuka flickvän på konstutställningen
Drew Demorest	kvinna på konstutställningen
Robert Montgomery	ung man
Elliott Nugent	ung man
Bess Flowers	kvinna

Companies

Production Company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.
Copyright	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation	1929-09-03	LP804
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn	1930

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number	44740
Date	1930-04
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2023 meters
Notes	Speltid: 74 minuter.

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio	1.19:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2004 meter
Length in minutes	73 min
Reels	8 reels

Original work

Original title	The Single Standard (Novel)
Author	Adela Rogers St. Johns

Production location

			(45 inspelningsdagar)	1929-04-15	1929-06-03
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, 10202 W. Washington Boulevard	Culver City, Kalifornien	USA

Release dates

First showing	1929-07-27	Capitol Theatre	New York City, New York	USA	73 min
Other showing	1929-07-29			USA	73 min	(US release)
Release in Sweden	1930-05-01	Metropol-Palais, Piccadilly	Stockholm	Sweden	74 min

Holdings Posters

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Holdings Stills

Black and white print	16
Album	No

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