''The World and His Wife'' is a
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American 1920 silent drama film produced by
Cosmopolitan Productions Cosmopolitan Productions, also often referred to as Cosmopolitan Pictures, was an American film company based in New York City from 1918 to 1923 and Hollywood until 1938.
History
Newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst formed Cosmopolitan in co ...
and distributed through
Paramount Pictures
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. Directed by
Robert G. Vignola
Robert G. Vignola (born Rocco Giuseppe Vignola, August 7, 1882 – October 25, 1953) was an Italian-American actor, screenwriter, and film director. A former stage actor, he appeared in many motion pictures produced by Kalem Company and later mov ...
, the film was based on the 1908 Broadway play of the same name by Charles Frederic Nirdlinger, which was adapted from the Spanish language play ''El Gran Galeoto'' by
Jose Echegaray Y Eizaguirre. The film stars
Alma Rubens
Alma Rubens (born Alma Genevieve Reubens; February 19, 1897 – January 21, 1931) was an American film actress and stage performer.
Rubens began her career in the mid 1910s. She quickly rose to stardom in 1916 after appearing opposite Douglas F ...
,
Montagu Love
Montagu Love (15 March 1877 – 17 May 1943) was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor.
Early years
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Love was the son of Harry Love and Fanny Louisa Love, née Poad; his father was listed as accountant ...
, and
Pedro de Cordoba and Broadway actress
Margaret Dale in her feature film debut.
The story was later filmed at MGM as ''
Lovers'' (1927).
Cast
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Montagu Love
Montagu Love (15 March 1877 – 17 May 1943) was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor.
Early years
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Love was the son of Harry Love and Fanny Louisa Love, née Poad; his father was listed as accountant ...
as Don Julian
*
Alma Rubens
Alma Rubens (born Alma Genevieve Reubens; February 19, 1897 – January 21, 1931) was an American film actress and stage performer.
Rubens began her career in the mid 1910s. She quickly rose to stardom in 1916 after appearing opposite Douglas F ...
as Teodora
*
Gaston Glass
Gaston Glass (born Jacques Gaston Oscar Glass; December 31, 1899 – November 11, 1965) was a French-American actor and film producer. He was the father of the composer Paul Glass (born 1934).
Selected filmography
* ''The Corsican Broth ...
as Ernesto
*
Pedro de Cordoba as Don Severo
*
Charles K. Gerrard as Don Alvarez
*Mrs. Allen Walker as Marie
*
Byron Russell as Captain Wickersham
*Peter Barbierre as Don Julian's Friend (credited as Peter Barbier)
*
Pierre Gendron as Don Alvarez's Friend (credited as Leon Gendron)
*Vincent Macchia as Don Alvarez's Friend
*James Savold as Ernesto's Father
*
Margaret Dale as Mercedes
*Ray Allen as Ernesto's Mother
See also
*''
The Celebrated Scandal
''The Celebrated Scandal'' is a lost 1915 silent film feature directed by James Durkin and starring Betty Nansen. Although the film's copyright registration states that J. Gordon Edwards "picturized" the film, the opinion of film historians, i ...
'' (1915)
*''
Lovers'' (1927)
References
External links
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* Still image
#1#2#3Period co-advertisement of ''The World and His Woman'' and ''The Leopard Woman''still of Gaston Glass and Alma RubensWisconsin Historical Society)
newspaper advertThe Washington Times August 14, 1920
newspaper advertisementPerthAmboy Evening News November 22, 1920
1920 films
1920 drama films
Silent American drama films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Lost American films
American films based on plays
Films directed by Robert G. Vignola
Paramount Pictures films
Films with screenplays by Frances Marion
1920 lost films
Lost drama films
1920s American films
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