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'Prince of Tempters' is a 1926 American silent romance film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Lois Moran, Ben Lyon and Lya De Putti. It is based on the 1924 novel 'The Ex-Duke' by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. The film was made at the Cosmopolitan Studios in New York. It was the first film made in America by the German director Lothar Mendes, who married Dorothy Mackaill while working on the production.Koszarski p.131[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=11452 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'Prince of Tempters']

A copy of this film is held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2884/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'Prince of Tempters']

Cast



* Lois Moran as Monica

* Ben Lyon as Francis

* Lya De Putti as Dolores

* Ian Keith as Mario Ambrosio, later Baron Humberto Giordano

* Mary Brian as Mary

* Olive Tell as Duchess of Chatsfield

* Sam Hardy as Apollo Beneventa

* Henry Vibart as Duke of Chatsfield

* Judith Vosselli as Signora Wembley

* Fraser Coalter as Lawyer

* J. Barney Sherry as Papal Secretary

* Jeanne Carpenter as Flower girl

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Bibliography



* Koszarski, Richard. 'Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff'. Rutgers University Press, 2008.


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