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The Great Lover
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5202 feet
Directed by Frank Lloyd

Cast: John Sainpolis [Jean Paurel], Claire Adams [Ethel], John Davidson [Sonino], Alice Hollister [Bianca], Lionel Belmore [the impresario], Rose Dion (Rose Dione) [Sabotini], Richard Tucker [Ward], Tom Ricketts [Potter], Frederick Vroom [the doctor], Eugene Corey (Gino Corrado) [the secretary]

Frank Lloyd Productions, Incorporated, production for Goldwyn Pictures Corporation; distributed by Goldwyn Distributing Corporation [It’s A Goldwyn Picture; A Frank Lloyd Production]. / Produced by Frank Lloyd. Scenario by J.E. Nash, from the play The Great Lover by Leo Ditrichstein, Frederic Hatton and Fanny Hatton. Cinematography by J.D. Jennings (J. Devereaux Jennings). / © 12 November 1920 by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation [LP15794]. Released [?] November? 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.1692.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 17 November 2022.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.1692; Sherwood-Best p. 200; Weaver-Twenty p. 27 : Website-IMDb.