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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1168

A Lady to Love

193092 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 91:32
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Victor Sjöström · Public domain

Synopsis

Vineyard owner Tony advertises for a wife using a photograph of his younger employee Buck. Lena arrives expecting the man in the picture but agrees to marry Tony for the chance of a home. Attraction to Buck and the work of caring for her injured husband gradually change what the marriage means to her.

Cast

Vilma Bánky

Edward G. Robinson

Robert Ames

Richard Carle

Lloyd Ingraham

DirectorsVictor Sjöström

Behind the scenes

Victor Sjöström directed Vilma Bánky and Edward G. Robinson in the drama. A separately filmed German-language version also used the two stars, an approach to international distribution used during the early sound period.

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Photograph credit

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Vilma Bánky — Ruth Harriet Louise (1903–1940) · Public domain
Edward G. Robinson — Elmer Fryer · Public domain
Robert Ames — unknown (Pathé Exchange) · Public domain
Lloyd Ingraham — Triangle Film Corporation; Intolerance (1916) at the Internet Archive · Public domain

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