''The Squall'' is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Myrna Loy, Richard Tucker, Alice Joyce and Loretta Young, and based on the 1926 play ''The Squall'' by Jean Bart.

Plot

In Hungary, a beautiful, young gypsy girl, Nubi, seeks shelter during a sudden squall. Nubi is given shelter by a well-to-do farmer and his family. The farmer and his family hide the girl when a brutish, older gypsy lover arrives to claim the girl and take her away. The older gypsy leaves, and Nubi is allowed to stay on with the family as a servant. Nubi does little useful work as a servant in the house, and instead proceeds to use her feminine charms to entice and bewitch various male members of the household, leading to many scenes of discord, anger, and jealousy. The spell that Nubi has put on the house is only lifted at the end of the movie when the older gypsy returns, and carries Nubi away—with the farmer and his family no longer willing to offer protection to the troublesome gypsy girl.

Cast

* Richard Tucker as Josef Lajos * Alice Joyce as Maria Lajos * Loretta Young as Irma * Carroll Nye as Paul Lajos * ZaSu Pitts as Lena * Harry Cording as Peter * George Hackathorne as Niki * Marcia Harris as Aunt Anna *Knute Erickson as Uncle Dani * Myrna Loy as Nubi * Nicholas Soussanin as El Moro

Production

The film was Korda's first talkie, although his two previous films ''

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and music as part of the gradual transition from silent to sound film. The film was shot at night at the

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studios, as the only sound stage there was used by Warner Brothers during the day.

Preservation status

The film survives intact with its Vitaphone soundtrack and exists in the Library of Congress and 16mm print survive.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1978. The film has been released to

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on the Warner Archive Collection label.

References

External links

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''The Squall'' at SilentEraAllmovie synopsis of ''The Squall'' with DVD picturePre-Code lobby poster for ''The Squall'' featuring Myrna Loy's character
Films directed by Alexander Korda First National Pictures films American films based on plays Films set in Hungary 1929 drama films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{1920s-drama-film-stub