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Antonio Moreno.
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The Temptress
(1926) American
B&W : Nine reels / 8221 feet
Directed by Fred Niblo + [Mauritz Stiller]
Cast: Antonio Moreno [Robledo], Greta Garbo [Elena], Roy D’Arcy [Manos Duros], Marc MacDermott [Monsieur Fontenoy], Lionel Barrymore [Canterac], Virginia Brown Faire [Celinda], Armand Kaliz Torre De Bianca], Alys Murrell [Jospehine], Robert Anderson [Pirovani], Francis McDonald [Timoteo], Hector V. Sarno [Rojas], Inez Gomez [Sebastinana], Steve Clemento [Salvadore], Roy Coulson [Trinidad], H.B. Warner
Cosmopolitan Productions production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Dorothy Farnham and Mauritz Stiller, from the translation The Temptress by Leo Ongley of the novel La Tierra de Todos by Vicente Blasco-Ibáñez. Production design by Cedric Gibbons and James Basevi. Costume design by André-ani and Max Ree. Assistant director, Bruce Humberstone. Cinematography by Gaetano Gaudio [?] (Antonio Gaudio)? and William Daniels. Intertitles by Marian Ainslee. Edited by Lloyd Nosler. / © 18 October 1926 by Cosmopolitan Productions [LP23282]. Premiered 10 October 1926 in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Garbo’s second MGM film. Direction was started by Stiller, who was replaced by MGM with Niblo. [?] AFI-F2 n. F2.5557 lists the release date as 3 October 1926.
Drama: Romance.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.5557.
Survival Status: Print exists.
Keywords: Authors: Vicente Blasco-Ibáñez (1867-1928) - Circuses - France: Paris - Vamps
Listing updated: 20 October 2009.
References: AFI-F2 n. F2.5557; Eames-MGM p. 33; Everson-American pp. 168, 246k, 310, 321; Higashi-Virgins pp. 75, 89-90, 91; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 164; Limbacher-Feature p. 244; McIlroy-Sweden p. 32; Shipman-Cinema p. 92; Sklar-Movie p. 102; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 144-146; Walker-Garbo pp. 11, 42, 44, 46, 50, 54, 62, 65, 183-184; Webb-Hollywood p. 149 : ClasIm-225 p. 46 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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