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The Rough Lover
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Joseph de Grasse

Cast: Franklyn Farnum [Richard Bolton; and Spike O’Brien], Juanita Hansen [Helen], Catherine Henry [Countess Wintershin], Martha Mattox [Aunt Mary], Fred Montague [Count Wintershin]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by [?] Charles Kenyon and/or Eugene B. Lewis?, from a story [?] “Breeze Bolton Blows In”? by Joseph Franklin Poland. / © 18 February 1918 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP12077]. Released 25 February 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Some character names may have changed prior to the film’s release. [?] Website-IMDb lists the release date as 21 August 1918.

Comedy.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Boxers - Dual roles - Islands

Listing updated: 11 October 2023.

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