One Romantic Night

One Romantic Night is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Paul L. Stein. It is the first sound film version of Ferenc Molnár's play The Swan, and marked silent screen star Lillian Gish's talkie debut. She starred as Princess Alexandra, with Conrad Nagel as the tutor who falls in love with her, and Rod La Rocque as Crown Prince Albert. In this version, Alexandra and the Prince elope at the end.^[1] The film was only fairly successful, though Gish would go on to become as highly regarded in talking pictures as she had been in silent films.

Directed byPaul L. Stein

Written byMelville Baker (adaptation, screenplay)
Maxwell Anderson (adaptation)

Based onThe Swan
by Ferenc Molnar

Produced byJoseph M. Schenck
John W. Considine Jr.

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One Romantic Night
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Directed by	Paul L. Stein
Written by	Melville Baker (adaptation, screenplay) Maxwell Anderson (adaptation)
Based on	The Swan by Ferenc Molnar
Produced by	Joseph M. Schenck John W. Considine Jr.
Starring	Lillian Gish Rod La Rocque
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Edited by	James Smith
Music by	Hugo Riesenfeld
Production company	Feature Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	May 3, 1930 (1930-05-03)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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A silent version of the play had been produced in 1925 at Paramount Pictures. The 1956 Eastmancolor film version of The Swan, the only one of the three film versions made in color, is much more frequently shown today.^{[citation needed]}