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Adam and Evil (1927 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Adam and Evil' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by F. Hugh Herbert, Florence Ryerson and Ralph Spence. The film stars Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, Gwen Lee, Gertrude Short, Hedda Hopper, and Roy D'Arcy. The film was released on August 27, 1927, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/AdamAndEvil1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Adam and Evil'] at silentera.com
Premise
"The little fur-bearing animals that are sacrificed for the vanity of women desiring fur coats have a posthumous revenge."'The Brooklyn Standard Union', September 4, 1927
Cast
*Lew Cody as Adam Trevelyan / Allan Trevelyan
*Aileen Pringle as Evelyn Trevelyan
*Gwen Lee as Gwen De Vere
*Gertrude Short as Dora Dell
*Hedda Hopper as Eleanor Leighton
*Roy D'Arcy as Mortimer Jenkins
Preservation status
With no copies listed in any film archives,[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3305/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Adam and Evil'] 'Adam and Evil' is currently a lost film.[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnemetromgm.html 'Adam and Evil' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: 'Lost MGM films for - 1927']
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