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Dream of Love
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Wikipedia article
'Dream of Love' is a 1928 American silent biographical drama film directed by Fred Niblo, and starring Joan Crawford and Nils Asther. The film is based on the 1849 French tragedy 'Adrienne Lecouvreur' by Eugne Scribe and Ernest Legouv.
In the film, Asther plays Prince Maurice de Saxe and Crawford plays Adrienne Lecouvreur, a Gypsy performer, in a tale of lost love and revenge. 'Dream of Love' is now considered lost.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DreamOfLove1928.html 'Dream of Love' at silentera.com database][http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4895/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'Dream of Love']
Plot
Adrienne, a Gypsy girl performing in a traveling carnival, is unable to find true love for herself until she makes the acquaintance of Prince Maurice. They fall in love, but must part when, for diplomatic reasons, the prince is called upon to make love to the rich wife of an influential duke. Adrienne later becomes a popular stage actress and again meets the prince. Coincidentally, she is appearing in a play which resembles the sad story of her earlier relationship with the prince. Maurice is struggling to win his throne from a usurping dictator. With Adrienne's help, he dodges an assassination attempt and becomes king.
Cast
*Nils Asther as Prince Maurice de Saxe
*Joan Crawford as Adrienne Lecouvreur
*Aileen Pringle as The Duchess
*Warner Oland as The Duke, Current Dictator
*Carmel Myers as The Countess
*Harry Reinhardt as Count
*Harry Myers as The Baron
*Alphonse Martell as Michonet
*Fletcher Norton as Ivan
Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $339,000 in the US and Canada and $232,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $138,000.References
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