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The Ace of Cads
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7786 feet
Directed by Luther Reed

Cast: Adolph Menjou [Chappel Maturin], Alice Joyce [Eleanour], Norman Trevor [Sir Guy de Gramercy], Philip Strange [Basil de Gramercy], Suzanne Fleming (Susan Fleming) [Joan]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Associate producer, William Le Baron. Scenario by Forrest Halsey, from the adaptation by Forrest Halsey of the short story “The Ace of Cads” by Michael Arlen. Cinematography by J. Roy Hunt. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / © 15 October 1926 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP24007]. Released 11 October 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was banned by the British Board of Film Censors in 1927.

Drama: Romance.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 January 2023.

References: Paris-Brooks p. 177; Robertson-British p. 186 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.