The Cardboard Lover (1928)

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A ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard lover"--to pretend to be in love with him so he can teach his two-timing fiancée a lesson and win her back. What he doesn't realize is that the girl... See more »

Director:

Robert Z. Leonard

Writers:

Jacques Deval, Lucille Newmark, Carey Wilson

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Still of Nils Asther and Marion Davies in The Cardboard Lover (1928)

Still of Marion Davies in The Cardboard Lover (1928)

Still of Nils Asther, Marion Davies and Jetta Goudal in The Cardboard Lover (1928)

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	Marion Davies	...	Sally
	Jetta Goudal	...	Simone
	Nils Asther	...	Andre
	Andrés de Segurola	...	The Baritone
	Tenen Holtz	...	Argine
	Pepi Lederer	...	Flapper
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Carrie Daumery	...	Chaperon (uncredited)

Directed by

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Robert Z. Leonard

Written by

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Jacques Deval	...	(play "Dans sa candeur naive")

Lucille Newmark	...	(titles)

Carey Wilson	...	(adaptation)

Produced by

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Marion Davies	...	producer
William Randolph Hearst	...	executive producer (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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John Arnold

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Basil Wrangell

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Howard Greer

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(uncredited)

Art Department

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Cedric Gibbons

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F. Hugh Herbert

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1928) (United States) (theatrical)

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Plot Summary	A ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard lover"--to pretend to be in love with him so he can teach his two-timing fiancée a lesson and win her back. What he doesn't realize is that the girl isn't pretending; she actually is in love with him, and she sets out to win him for herself. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	flapper gambling monte-carlo tennis based-on-play See All (5) »
Taglines	Broadway Shook With Laughter For Months at the Play! The Film is even funnier. And beautiful Marion Davies is just grand as the girl who gambles with love at Monte Carlo- where men are men, and women are after them. (Print Ad-Meriden Daily Journal, ((Meriden, Conn.)) 22 August 1928) See more »
Genres	Comedy Romance
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Also Known As	El novio postizo (Spain) Картонный любовник (Soviet Union, Russian title) Ámor karneválja (Hungary) Opetus rakkaudessa (Finland) Quando uma Pequena Quer (Brazil) See more »
Runtime	50 min
Country	United States
Language	None English
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.33 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Silent
Filming Locations	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Jetta Goudal, the tempestuous Dutch-born actress who plays Simone, would speak only French on the set. This was her only film for MGM. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (2001). See more »
Quotes	Title card: The French Riviera - Where American tourists think a chateau is a hat... and the Big Casino is the ten of diamonds. See more »

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