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The Cardboard Lover is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Robert Z. Leonard released in USA on 2 september 1928 with Marion Davies

The Cardboard Lover (1928)

The Cardboard Lover
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Released in USA 2 september 1928
Length 1h11
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romance
Rating64% 3.246673.246673.246673.246673.24667

The Cardboard Lover is a 1928 silent film comedy produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and stars Marion Davies and Swedish actor Nils Asther.

The film is based on the play Dans sa candeur naive by Jacques Deval. (Turner Classic Movies states it is based on Deval's novel of the same name.) In London, Tallulah Bankhead played the lead female in the cast. On Broadway, Jeanne Eagels played the female lead.

The film survives at the Library of Congress and in the Turner library, but is not available on DVD from Warner Archive Collection.

In 2015 a second print of the film was found at a recycling centre.

It was remade as The Passionate Plumber in 1932 and Her Cardboard Lover in 1942.

Synopsis

Sally, une chasseuse d'autographes américaine, voyage en Europe avec ses camarades de classe. Elle jette son dévolu sur André, un champion de tennis français. Elle découvre que l'amie d'André, Simone, n'est pas honnête ; et André, qui est malheureusement épris d'elle, engage Sally pour le tenir à l'écart de Simone. Sally s'occupe du couple et ne leur laisse jamais un instant de paix, emménageant finalement dans la maison d'André afin de convaincre Simone qu'André en a fini avec elle. André finit par aimer cette américaine excentrique et l'épouse.

Actors

Marion Davies

(Sally)Nils Asther

(Andre)Pepi Lederer

(Peppy)Jetta Goudal

(Simone)Andres de Segurola

(The Baritone)
And :
Tenen Holtz
Carrie Daumery
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