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Selected filmography

* '' The Clemenceau Affair'' (1917) * '' Goodbye Youth'' (1918) *'' Red Love'' (1921) * '' Through the Shadows'' (1923) * '' Quo Vadis'' (1924) * '' The Hearth Turned Off'' (1925) * ''

The Love Thief ''The Love Thief'' is a 1926 silent black and white American romance film. Directed by John McDermott, it stars Norman Kerry, Greta Nissen, and Marc McDermott. Cast list * Norman Kerry as Prince Boris Alexander Emanuel Augustus * Greta Niss ...

'' (1926) * ''

Maciste against the Sheik ''Maciste against the Sheik'' (Italian:''Maciste contro lo sceicco'') is a 1926 Italian silent adventure film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Franz Sala and Felice Minotti. It was part of the long-running Maciste se ...

'' (1926) * '' Evening Clothes'' (1927) * ''

The World at Her Feet ''The World at Her Feet'' is a lost 1927 silent film comedy directed by Luther Reed and starring Florence Vidor. It was produced by the Paramount Lasky Corporation. Cast *Florence Vidor as Jane Randall *Arnold Kent as Richard Randall *Margar ...

'' (1927) * ''

The Woman on Trial ''The Woman on Trial'' is a 1927 American silent film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Pola Negri, and based on the play ''Confession'' by Erno Wajda (aka Ernest Vajda). Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, and B. P. Schulberg produced for Param ...

'' (1927) * ''

Beau Sabreur ''Beau Sabreur'' is a 1928 American silent romantic adventure film directed by John Waters and starring Gary Cooper and Evelyn Brent. Based on the 1926 novel '' Beau Sabreur'' by P. C. Wren, who also wrote the 1924 novel ''Beau Geste''. Produce ...

'' (1928) * '' The Showdown'' (1928) * '' The Woman Disputed'' (1928)

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. *Phillips, Alastair & Vincendeau, Ginette. ''Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood''. BFI, 2006.

External links

* 1899 births 1928 deaths Actors from Florence American male silent film actors Italian male silent film actors Italian emigrants to the United States Road incident deaths in California 20th-century Italian male actors 20th-century American male actors {{Italy-actor-stub