Glorious Betsy is a 1928 mostly-silent film, based on a play of the same name by Rida Johnson Young and starring Dolores Costello. It was produced by Warner Brothers and was nominated for (but did not win) an Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation in 1929. The film was directed by Alan Crosland with cinematography by Hal Mohr. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Dolores Costello (born September 17, 1903; died March 1, 1979) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies. ... Warner Bros. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alan Crosland (August 10, 1894 - July 16, 1936) was an American actor and film director. ... Cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel, AFC, meters Audrey Tautou on the set of A Very Long Engagement. ...

The film is a semi-historical narriative and depicts the real-life courtship, marriage, and forced breakup of Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napolean, and his wife from the American south, Elizabeth Patterson. Napolean did not approve of the union (despite the fact that her family was one of the wealthiest in America) and the marriage was anulled. Jerome was subsequently forced to marry Catharina of Württemberg. They had one child, depicted in the movie, Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte. In order to provide a "happy ending", Jerome in the film leaves France to be with his wife. However, in historical fact he remained in Europe. Jérôme Bonaparte Jérôme Bonaparte (November 15, 1784 - June 24, 1860) was the eighth and last surviving child, fifth surviving son, of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte (1785-1879), known as Betsy, was the daughter of a Baltimore, Maryland merchant, and was the first wife of Jerome Bonaparte, and sister-in-law of Emperor Napoleon I of France. ... Catharina Frederica von Württemberg (February 21, 1783 - November 29, 1835) was the second wife of Jerome Bonaparte. ... Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte (July 7, 1805 - June 17, 1870) was a son of Jerome Bonaparte and Elizabeth Patterson, and a nephew of Emperor Napoleon I. He was born in Camberwell, Surrey, England, but lived in the United States with his mother, whose marriage had been annulled at the order of...

Trivia

• Although the film was written by both Anthony Coldeway and Jack Jarmuth (the latter credited only for title cards), only Coldeway was nominated for the Academy Award.
• The United States Library of Congress's copy of this film is missing some of the sound reels. It is unknown whether other copies of the sound were preserved elsewhere.
• Pasquale Amato is one of the first actors of American cinema to depict Napolean.

Anthony W. Coldeway (August 1, 1887-January 29, 1963) was an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter who had an extensive career from the 1910s through the 1950s. ... Library of Congress, Jefferson building The Library of Congress is one of four official national libraries of the United States (along with the National Library of Medicine, National Agricultural Library, and National Archives and Records Administration). ...

External links

• Glorious Betsy at the Internet Movie Database