Love Me and the World Is Mine | |
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Directed by | Ewald André Dupont |
Written by | Imre Fazekas Albert DeMond Walter Anthony Paul Kohner |
Based on | Die Geschichte von der Hannerl und ihren Liebhabem by Rudolf Hans Bartsch |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
Starring | Mary Philbin Norman Kerry Betty Compson |
Cinematography | Jackson Rose |
Edited by | Edward L. Cahn Daniel Mandell |
Music by | Sidney Jones |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Budget | $350,000[1] |
Love Me and the World Is Mine is a 1928 American silent romantic film directed by Ewald André Dupont (E.A. Dupont) and released by Universal Pictures.[2][3]
Plot
Hannerl (Philbin) is a young woman growing up in Old Vienna. She falls in love with two men: A young army officer who can provide her love and security and an old wealthy man who can provide her a high-class life. She doesn't know who she wants to spend her life with, but must make her decision.
Cast
- Mary Philbin as Hannerl
- Norman Kerry as Von Vigilatti
- Betty Compson as Mitzel
- Henry B. Walthall as Van Denbosch
- Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Van Denbosch
- Charles Sellon as Mr. Thule
- Martha Mattox as Mrs. Thule
- George Siegmann as Porter
- Robert Anderson as Orderly
- Albert Conti as Billie
- Emily Fitzroy as The Porter's Wife
- Charles Puffy as Coachman
Preservation
The film survives in copies held at Cinematheque Royale de Belgique, Brussels and the Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen.[4]
See also
- Hannerl and Her Lovers (1921)
- Hannerl and Her Lovers (1936)
References
- ^ "U May Shelve Du Pont's $350,000". Variety. February 16, 1957. p. 4.
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Love Me and the World Is Mine". www.silentera.com.
- ^ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Love Me and the World Is Mine".
- ^ Philbin, Mary (April 20, 1928). "Love Me And The World Is Mine" – via memory.loc.gov.
External links
- 1928 films
- 1928 romantic drama films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by E. A. Dupont
- American black-and-white films
- Films set in Vienna
- Films set in the 1910s
- Films based on Austrian novels
- American remakes of German films
- Universal Pictures films
- 1920s American films
- Silent American romantic drama films
- 1920s English-language films
- English-language romantic drama films
- Silent romantic drama film stubs