Lombardi, Ltd.
| Lombardi, Ltd. | |
|---|---|
_1.jpg) Still from film with Alice Lake and Bert Lytell | |
| Directed by | Jack Conway |
| Written by |
Fanny Hatton (play) Frederic Hatton (play) June Mathis (scenario) |
| Starring |
Bert Lytell Alice Lake Vera Lewis Juanita Hansen Jean Acker Joseph Kilgour Ann May |
| Cinematography | Robert Kurrle |
| Distributed by | Metro Pictures |
Release dates | October 1919 |
Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
Silent film (English intertitles) |
Lombardi, Ltd. (also sometimes styled Lombardi Limited in publicity materials) is a surviving 1919 American feature silent film. It was adapted by June Mathis from a 1917 play of the same name by Frederick and Fanny Hatton, and directed by Jack Conway. It is not known whether the film currently survives.[1] Warner Baxter had an early uncredited minor role in the film.
Plot
Tito Lombardi struggles Fifth Avenue couture house is spiraling into financial afloat. Through a Broadway investor he meets and falls for a showgirl who soon proves to be a gold-digger; his attractive but plain female assistant Norah loves him but has never made her feelings known. With money from a third-party inheritance and some ingenuity by Norah, the House of Lombardi is resurrected. Lombardi and Norah find true love together.
Preservation status
- A print is preserved at the George Eastman House donated by the MGM.[2]
References
- ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Lombardi, Limited". Silent Era. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Lombardi, Ltd.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lombardi, Ltd.. |
- Lombardi, Ltd. at the Internet Movie Database
- Lombardi, Ltd. at the TCM Movie Database
- synopsis at AllMovie