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Love's Blindness
Director:
John Francis Dillon
(Dir)
Release Date:
4 Dec 1926
Duration (in feet):
6,099
Duration (in reels):
7
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Cast:
Pauline Starke
(Vanessa Levy)
Antonio Moreno
(Hubert Culverdale, Eighth Earl of St. Austel)
Lilyan Tashman
(Alice, Duchess of Lincolnwood)
Sam De Grasse
(Benjamin Levy)
Douglas Gilmore
(Charles Langley)
Kate Price
(Marchioness of Hurlshire)
Tom Ricketts
(Marquis of Hurlshire)
Earl Metcalf
(Col. Ralph Dangerfield)
George Waggner
(Oscar Issacson)
Rose Dione
(Madame De Jainon)
Ned Sparks
(Valet)
Summary:
Hubert Culverdale, Eighth Earl of St. Austel, helps finance a company to promote a friend's invention. When the company funds are stolen by a clerk, Hubert desperately seeks the aid of Benjamin Levy, a Jewish moneylender; Levy agrees to help on the condition that Hubert marry his daughter, Vanessa; and he finally consents. Though intelligent and beautiful, Vanessa has been reared in seclusion in Italy and is innocent of worldliness; she falls immediately in love with Hubert; but unresponsive to her, he studiously avoids her after their marriage. After weeks of unhappiness, Ralph Dangerfield, a cousin, calls Hubert's attention to her beauty, and when his jealousy is awakened at a dance, he begins to realize his love for her. Following the birth of her stillborn child, Vanessa's disillusionment turns to happiness when she learns of her father's bargain; and she accepts Hubert's genuine devotion.
Production Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Director:
John Francis Dillon
(Dir)
Producer:
Elinor Glyn
(Pers supv)
Writer:
Elinor Glyn
(Adpt)
Photography:
John Arnold
(Dir of photog)
Oliver Marsh
(Dir of photog)
Film Editor:
Frank Sullivan
(Film ed)
Set Decoration:
Cedric Gibbons
(Settings)
James Basevi
(Settings)
Costumes:
Kathleen Kay
(Ward)
Maude Marsh
(Ward)
André-ani
(Ward)
Country:
United States
Source Text:
Based on the novel
Love's Blindness
by Elinor Glyn (New York, 1925).
Authors:
Elinor Glyn
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
8/11/1926
dd/mm/yyyy
LP23306
Physical Properties:
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Genre:
Romance
Subjects (Major):
England
Fatherhood
Inventors
Jews
Marriage of convenience
Nobility
Stillbirth
Theft
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