The Single Standard

The Single Standard
The Single Standard
Directed by	John S. Robertson
Written by	Josephine Lovett; Marian Ainslee (intertitles)
Based on	The Single Standard; 1928 novel; by Adela Rogers St. Johns
Starring	Greta Garbo; Nils Asther; Johnny Mack Brown
Cinematography	Oliver T. Marsh
Edited by	Blanche Sewell
Music by	William Axt
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	July 27, 1929;
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized); English Intertitles
Budget	US$ 336,000
Box office	US$ 1,048,000

The Single Standard is a 1929 American synchronized sound romantic drama film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by veteran John S. Robertson and starring Greta Garbo, Nils Asther and Johnny Mack Brown.^[2] The film has no audible dialogue but featured a synchronized musical score and sound effects. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric Sound System sound-on-film process. The soundtrack was also transferred to discs for those theatres that were wired with sound-on-disc sound systems.

This was Greta Garbo's fifteenth film and her second collaboration with fellow Swedish actor Nils Asther, after Wild Orchids.^[3]

^ Alexander Walker; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (October 1980). Garbo: a portrait. Macmillan. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-02-622950-0. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Single Standard
^ The Single Standard at silentera.com database

[1] Alexander Walker; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (October 1980). Garbo: a portrait. Macmillan. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-02-622950-0. Retrieved July 28, 2010.

[2] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Single Standard

[3] The Single Standard at silentera.com database

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