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Lloyd Hughes and Billie Dove.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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American Beauty
Also known as The Beautiful Fraud in the United Kingdom
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6333 feet
Directed by Richard Wallace
Cast: Billie Dove [Millicent Howard], Lloyd Hughes [Jerry Booth], Walter McGrail [Claverhouse], Margaret Livingston [Mrs. Gillespie], Lucien Prival [Gillespie], Al St. John [a waiter], Edythe Chapman [Madame O’Riley], Alice White [Claire O’Riley], Yola d’Avril [the telephone girl]
First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated [A Richard Wallace Production; A First National Picture]. / Produced by Carey Wilson. Scenario by Carey Wilson + [Michael Arlen and Ben Hecht], from the short story “American Beauty” by Wallace Irwin. Comedy construction by Jack Wagner. Cinematography by George J. Folsey. Intertitles written by Robert E. Hopkins. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / © 21 September 1927 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP24431]. Released 9 October 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Germany and Austria in 1928. / Silent film.
Comedy-Drama: Romance.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 26 December 2024.
References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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