''The Czarina's Secret'' is a 1928 MGM silent fictionalized film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the fourth film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series.

Production

The film was shot over five days at the Tec-Art Studio in Hollywood. The budget, slightly over $20,000, made it one of the more "higher priced productions" in the "Great Events" series. Cast members Sally Rand and Lucio Flamma had appeared in Technicolor sequences for Cecil B. deMille's ''

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'' less than a year earlier. As with the previous "Great Events" production, ''

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'', ''The Czarina's Secret'' made extensive, experimental use of night scenes.

Release

The released version of ''The Czarina's Secret'' was well-reviewed, prompting ''Film Spectator'' to state that "Technicolor has brought its process to a point of perfection that our big producers can not ignore much longer," and surmising that audience demand for Technicolor would soon be on the increase.

Preservation status

''The Czarina's Secret'' is considered a lost film.Layton and Pierce 332

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Czarina's Secret 1928 films American silent short films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films Silent films in color 1920s American films