Poster of Melodrama

Melodrama

Plot: Fred Button's first work tries to convey unaltered elements from the opera into silent film. Melodrama was never screened to German audiences because as Button stated later "they love silence, as much as they love music, but they can't accept one as a substitute of the other
Release Date: Thursday, March 10 1927
97 years ago
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Cast

Crew

Portrait of Fred ButtonFred Button
Fred Button was
27 in Melodrama
as 'Director, Writer'
Thu, Apr 13 1899 –
Tue, Jun 28 1983
Portrait of Billy WilderBilly Wilder
Billy Wilder was
20 in Melodrama
as 'Writer'
Fri, Jun 22 1906 –
Wed, Mar 27 2002