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Greta Garbo and Antonio Moreno.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Temptress
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 8221 feet
Directed by Fred Niblo + [Mauritz Stiller]
Cast: Greta Garbo [Elena], Antonio Moreno [Manuel Robledo], Marc MacDermott (Marc McDermott) [Monsieur Fontenoy], Lionel Barrymore [Canterac], Armand Kaliz [Marquis de Torre Bianca], Roy D’Arcy [Manos Duras], Robert Andersen [Pirovani], Francis McDonald [Timoteo], Hector V. Sarno [Rojas], Virginia Brown Faire [Celinda]; Alys Murrell [Jospehine], Inez Gomez [Sebastinana], Steve Clemento [Salvadore], Roy Coulson [Trinidad], H.B. Warner
Cosmopolitan Productions production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Cosmopolitan Production; A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture]. / Scenario by Dorothy Farnham + [Mauritz Stiller], from the translation The Temptress by Leo Ongley of the novel La Tierra de Todos by Vicente Blasco-Ibáñez. Settings (production design) by Cedric Gibbons and James Basevi. Wardrobe (costume design) by André-ani + [Max Ree]. Assistant director, H. Bruce Humberstone. Photographed (cinematography) by Gaetano Gaudio (Tony Gaudio) and William Daniels. Film editor, Lloyd Nosler. Tiles (intertitles) written by Marian Ainslee. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. / © 18 October 1926 by Cosmopolitan Productions [LP23282]. New York premiere, 10 October 1926 in New York, New York. Released 3 October 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Garbo’s second MGM film. Direction was started by Stiller, who was replaced by MGM with Niblo.
Drama: Romance.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.5557.
Survival status: Print exists [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: Vicente Blasco-Ibáñez (1867-1928) - Bankers - Circuses - Death (Suicide) - France: Paris - Vamps
Listing updated: 26 March 2023.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.5557; Bondanella-Hollywood p. 134; Eames-MGM p. 33; Everson-American pp. 168, 246k, 310, 321; Higashi-Virgins pp. 75, 89-90, 91; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 164; Limbacher-Feature p. 244; McIlroy-Sweden p. 32; Shipman-Cinema p. 92; Sklar-Movie p. 102; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 144-146; Walker-Garbo pp. 11, 42, 44, 46, 50, 54, 62, 65, 183-184; Webb-Hollywood p. 149 : ClasIm-225 p. 46 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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