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Noah's Ark (1928)

Director(s) Michael Curtiz
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Top Genres Musical
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Noah's Ark Overview:

Noah's Ark (1928) was a Musical - Black-and-white Film directed by Michael Curtiz .

Academy Awards 1959 --- Ceremony Number 32 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Animated Short FilmWalt Disney, ProducerNominated
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Noah's Ark Facts
This film has been preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive in conjunction with the project American Moviemakers: The Dawn of Sound.
Vitaphone production reels #2821-2836
Dolores Costello came down with pneumonia while working on this film.
When cameraman Hal Mohr was shown how the climactic flood scene was to be shot, he objected on the grounds that it would place many of the extras in jeopardy. Mohr told the executives that while the trained stuntmen knew what to expect and could prepare for it, the ordinary extras would have no idea what was coming, and many would be hurt. When his objections were overruled, he quit the picture, and was replaced by Barney McGill. During filming of the scene, the huge torrents of water overwhelmed the actors; three were drowned, one was so severely injured his leg had to be amputated and almost a dozen had broken limbs and other serious injuries.
John Wayne and Andy Devine were swimmers in the temple collapse sequence, but they are not recognizable among the hundreds of other swimmers.
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