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Love and the Devil
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6588 feet
Directed by Alexander Korda

Cast: Milton Sills [Lord Dryan], Maria Corda [Giovanna], Ben Bard [Barotti], Nellie Bly Baker [Giovanna’s maid], Amber Norman [a streetwalker]

First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by [?] First National Pictures, Incorporated? / Produced by Ned Marin. From a screen story by Josef Laszlo and Leon Birinski. Cinematography by Lee Garmes. Film editor, John Rawlins. Intertitles written by Paul Perez and Walter Anthony. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / © 26 February 1929 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP162]. Released 24 March 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version, (at 6370 feet), by [?] First National Pictures, Incorporated, or First National Pictures, Incorporated? on 24 March 1929. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Cineteca Italiana film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 31 January 2025.

References: Perry-British p. 332 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Manish Patwari.