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Musical performance excerpts from the full length romantic tale in which Paderewski, the famed pianist, and two other plane crash survivors are guests of a Swedish baroness. Footage on these reels are the entire performances of Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven) and of Minuet in G (Paderwski) by pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski in a grand theater where the crowd wears their finest evening attire.
Credits
Lothar Mendes (director); E.M. Delafield (writer); Edward Knoblock (writer); Ignace Jan Paderewski (performer)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Margaret Conneely Collection
Distributed by: Official Films (firm)
Subjects: Music; Concerts; Musicians
Places: North America > United States
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00-03:31 - His Minuet; 03:32-09:11 - Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata; MS, CU classical piano performance by Paderewski, VS theater filled with people in their finest evening wear, men in suits and white ties, women in gowns, gloves, fine jewelry, using binoculars to watch the performance, HA view of stage
Cfa elements: Print, 380 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2737
Distributed by: Official Films (firm)
Subjects: Music; Concerts; Musicians
Places: North America > United States
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00-03:31 - His Minuet; 03:32-09:11 - Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata; MS, CU classical piano performance by Paderewski, VS theater filled with people in their finest evening wear, men in suits and white ties, women in gowns, gloves, fine jewelry, using binoculars to watch the performance, HA view of stage
Cfa elements: Print, 380 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2737
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:07