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Afraid to Love

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Afraid to Love
Clive Brook and Florence Vidor
Directed byEdward H. Griffith
Screenplay byDoris Anderson
Alfred Hustwick
Joseph Jackson
Based onThe Marriage of Kitty by Cosmo Gordon Lennox
Produced byB. P. Schulberg
Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
StarringFlorence Vidor
Clive Brook
Norman Trevor
Jocelyn Lee
Arthur Lubin
CinematographyJ.O. Taylor
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 9, 1927 (1927-04-09)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Afraid to Love is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and written by Doris Anderson, Francis de Croisset, Fred de Gresac, Alfred Hustwick and Joseph Jackson. The film stars Florence Vidor, Clive Brook, Norman Trevor, Jocelyn Lee and Arthur Lubin. The film was released on April 9, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]

It is based on the 1902 play The Marriage of Kitty by Cosmo Gordon Lennox, a version of the French play La Passerelle by Francis de Croisset and Fred de Gresac. The play was previously adapted into the 1915 film The Marriage of Kitty.

Synopsis

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When Sir Reginald Belsize's uncle dies he leaves him a fortune on condition that he give up his current unsuitable lover Helen and marry someone else within twenty four hours. Helen agrees to this so long as the woman he picks is less attractive than she is. The woman he picks is however beautiful and cultured and he quickly falls in love with her.

Cast

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Preservation status

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  • The film is now lost.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Movie Review - Afraid to Love - Sir Reginald's Affairs. - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  2. ^ "Afraid to Love". afi.com. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Afraid to Love
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