The World and His Wife
| The World and His Wife | |
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 Newspaper advertisement. | |
| Directed by | Robert G. Vignola |
| Written by | Frances Marion (scenario) Charles Frederic Nirdlinger(English translation of play) |
| Based on | El gran Galeoto by José Echegaray y Eizaguirre |
| Produced by | Cosmopolitan Productions |
| Cinematography | Al Liguori |
| Distributed by | Paramount-Artcraft Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The World and His Wife is a lost[1] American 1920 silent drama film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Directed by Robert G. Vignola, the film was based on the 1908 Broadway play of the same name by Charles Frederic Nirdlinger, which was adapted from the Spanish language play El Gran Galeoto by Jose Echegaray Y Eizaguirre. The film stars Alma Rubens, Montagu Love, and Pedro de Cordoba and Broadway actress Margaret Dale in her feature film debut.[2][3]
The story was later filmed at MGM as Lovers (1927).
Plot
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Cast
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- Montagu Love as Don Julian
- Alma Rubens as Teodora
- Gaston Glass as Ernesto
- Pedro de Cordoba as Don Severo
- Charles K. Gerrard as Don Alvarez
- Mrs. Allen Walker as Marie
- Byron Russell as Captain Wickersham
- Peter Barbierre as Don Julian's Friend (credited as Peter Barbier)
- Pierre Gendron as Don Alvarez's Friend (credited as Leon Gendron)
- Margaret Dale as Mercedes
- Vincent Macchia as Don Alvarez's Friend
- James Savold as Ernesto's Father
- Ray Allen as Ernesto's Mother
See also
[edit]- The Celebrated Scandal (1915)
- Lovers (1927)
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The World and His Wife.
- The World and His Wife at IMDb
- The World and His Wife at AllMovie
- Still images #1, #2, #3
- Period co-advertisement of The World and His Woman and The Leopard Woman
- still of Gaston Glass and Alma Rubens(Wisconsin Historical Society)
- newspaper advert The Washington Times August 14, 1920
- newspaper advertisement PerthAmboy Evening News November 22, 1920
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- 1920 films
- 1920 drama films
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- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- Lost American drama films
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Robert G. Vignola
- Paramount Pictures films
- Films with screenplays by Frances Marion
- 1920 lost films
- 1920s English-language films
- 1920s American films
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