''Old Loves and New'' is a 1926 American
silent drama film
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directed by
Maurice Tourneur in one of his final American films.
The romance and adventure story has the virtuous Lord Carew and the good-for-nothing Lord Geradine competing for the attentions of the virtuous Marny and the good-for-nothing Lady Carew, all set in the exotic desert sands of
Algeria
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. The setting and story are completely typical of the desert-romance
genre novelist Edith Maude Hull invented and specialized in. This film is now
lost
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The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:''Old Loves and New''
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Cast
References
External links
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Turner Classic Movies page
Still with Barbara Bedford
at gettyimages.com
1926 films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Maurice Tourneur
First National Pictures films
1926 romantic drama films
1926 adventure films
Lost American films
Films based on works by E. M. Hull
American adventure films
American romantic drama films
1920s American films
Silent romantic drama films
Silent adventure films
Silent American drama films
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