Historically significant for its groundbreaking use of sound, Don Juan was no mere box-office gimmick. It indicates why John_Barrymore was one of the top stars of the 1920s, and it features the crisp, rich cinematography of Byron_Haskin, who would later direct some of the best episodes of the television series The_Outer_Limits. It was a hallmark of Haskin's career that he could create vivid, believable visual settings that were strange and wonderful to the viewers, whether in science fiction or historical romance. Directed by Alan_Crosland at the height of his career, Don Juan was an enormous box-office success, leading Warner Bros. to ask Crosland to helm an even more complex sound project, The_Jazz_Singer. Richard Gilliam, Rovi

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