Dream of Love
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Directed by | Fred Niblo |
Written by | Play: Ernest Legouve Eugène Scribe Adaptation: Dorothy Farnum Titles: Marion Ainslee Ruth Cummings |
Starring | Joan Crawford Nils Asther Aileen Pringle Warner Oland |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date(s) | December 1, 1928 |
Running time | 65 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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Dream of Love is a 1928 MGM silent film, directed by Fred Niblo, and starring Joan Crawford and Nils Asther. The film is based on the play "Adrienne Lecouvreur" by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouve. In the film, Asther plays Prince Maurice de Saxe and Crawford plays Adrienne Lecouvreur, a Gypsy performer, in a tale of lost love and revenge.
[edit] Plot summary
Adrienne, a Gypsy girl performing in a traveling carnival, is unable to find true love for herself until she makes the acquaintance of Prince Maurice. They fall in love, but must part when, for diplomatic reasons, the prince is called upon to make love to the rich wife of an influential duke. Adrienne later becomes a popular stage actress and again meets the prince. Coincidentally, she's appearing in a play which resembles the sad story of her earlier relationship with the prince. Maurice is struggling to win his throne from a usurping dictator. With Adrienne's help, he dodges an assassination attempt and becomes king.
[edit] External links
- Dream of Love at the Internet Movie Database
- Dream of Love at the TCM Movie Database
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