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The Love Swindle
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Jack Dillon (John Francis Dillon)

Cast: Edith Roberts [Diana Rosson], Emmanuel Turner [Dick Webster], Leo White [Trotwell], Clarissa Selwynne [Diana’s aunt], Reggie Morris [Horace Sciven], [?] F.A. Turner?

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Fred Myton, from a screen story “The Doings of Diana” by Rex Taylor. Cinematography by Charles J. Kingsbury. / © 5 August 1918 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP12728]. Released 5 August 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Doings of Diana.

Comedy-Drama: Romance.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 14 December 2024.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 30 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.