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  Mary Phulbin (left) and Joyce Coad.
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Drums of Love
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 8350 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Mary Philbin [Princess Emanuella], Lionel Barrymore [Duke Cathos de Alvia], Don Alvarado [Count Leonardo de Alvia], Tully Marshall [Bopi], William Austin [Raymond of Boston], Eugenie Besserer [Duchess de Alvia], Charles Hill Mailes [Duke de Granada], Rosemary Cooper [the maid], Joyce Coad [the little sister]

Art Cinema Corporation production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. Scenario by Gerrit J. Lloyd. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer, Karl Struss and Harry Jackson. Intertitles written by Gerrit J. Lloyd. / © 13 April 1928 by United Artists Corporation [LP25144]. Premiered 24 January 1928 in New York, New York. General release, 31 March 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The original tragic ending was reshot for a happier one; both endings survive. / Silent film.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.1460.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Mary Pickford Foundation film archive [35mm duplicate positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Adultery

Listing updated: 15 May 2017.

References: AFI-F2 n. F2.1460; Bardèche-History p. 285; Barry-Griffith pp. 78, 80, 81; Everson-American pp. 192-193; Kobal-Fifty p. 47 : Website-AFI; Website-Legacy; Website-Pickford.

Home video: DVD.

 
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