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Release Date:
September 2, 1928
Original Title:
The Cardboard Lover
Alternate Titles:
Oskulden från Chicago
Genres:
Comedy | Romance
Production Companies:
Cosmopolitan Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 77
A ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard lover"--to pretend to be in love with him so he can teach his two-timing fiancé a lesson and win her back. What he doesn't realize is that the girl isn't pretending --she actually is in love with him, and she sets out to win him for herself.
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Adaptation:
Carey Wilson
Art Direction:
Cedric Gibbons
Continuity:
F. Hugh Herbert
Costume Designer:
Howard Greer
Director:
Robert Z. Leonard
Director of Photography:
John Arnold
Editor:
Basil Wrangell
Executive Producer:
Marion Davies
William Randolph Hearst
Theatre Play:
Jacques Deval
Writer:
F. Hugh Herbert
Carey Wilson
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