Old Loves and New | |
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Directed by | Maurice Tourneur |
Written by | Marion Fairfax (adaption) |
Based on | The Desert Healer by Edith Maude Hull |
Produced by | Sam E. Rork |
Cinematography | Henry Cronjager |
Edited by | Patricia Rooney |
Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Old Loves and New is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur in one of his final American films.
The setting and story are completely typical of the desert-romance genre novelist Edith Maude Hull invented and specialized in. This film is now lost.[1][2][3]
Plot
The virtuous Lord Carew and the good-for-nothing Lord Geradine compete for the attentions of the virtuous Marny and the good-for-nothing Lady Carew, all set in the exotic desert sands of Algeria.
Cast
- Lewis Stone as Gervas / Lord Carew
- Barbara Bedford as Marny / Lady Carew
- Walter Pidgeon as Clyde / Lord Geradine
- Katherine MacDonald as Elinor Carew / Lady Geraldine
- Tully Marshall as Hosein
- Ann Rork as Kitty
- Albert Conti as Dr. Chalmers
- Jackie Hoff as Little Boy (uncredited)
References
- ^ Old Wives and New at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures 1926
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:Old Loves and New
External links
- Old Loves and New at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Turner Classic Movies page
- Still with Barbara Bedford at gettyimages.com