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The World and His Wife
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Wikipedia article
'The World and His Wife' is a lost[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.10835/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Films Survival Catalog: 'The World and His Wife'] 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.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WorldAndHisWife1920.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The World and His Wife'] at silentera.com
The story was later filmed at MGM as 'Lovers' (1927).
Cast
*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)
*Vincent Macchia as Don Alvarez's Friend
*James Savold as Ernesto's Father
*Margaret Dale as Mercedes
*Ray Allen as Ernesto's Mother
See also
*'The Celebrated Scandal' (1915)
*'Lovers' (1927)
References
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