The Night of Love

The Night of Love
Still with Bánky and Colman
Directed by	George Fitzmaurice
Written by	Lenore J. Coffee (screenplay) Edwin Justus Mayer (intertitles)
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	Ronald Colman Vilma Bánky
Cinematography	George Barnes Thomas E. Brannigan
Edited by	Grant Whytock
Production company	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	January 22, 1927 (1927-01-22)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Night of Love is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Released by United Artists, the film stars Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, and Montagu Love. The screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee is based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.^[1]

It tells the story of a gypsy chieftain, who in revenge for the Duke kidnapping his wife, gets revenge by stealing the duke's wife.^[2]

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Cast

Ronald Colman as Montero
Vilma Bánky as Princess Marie
Montagu Love as Duke de la Garda
Natalie Kingston as Donna Beatriz
John George as Jester
Bynunsky Hyman as Bandit
Gibson Gowland as Bandit
Laska Winter as Gypsy Bride
Sally Rand as Gypsy Dancer
William H. Tooker as Spanish Ambassador
Eugenie Besserer as Gypsy

Censorship

The film was banned in 1927 by Eric W. Hamilton, a Hong Kong censor, who stated: "The subject matter is absolutely immoral and the depiction in many cases is indecent."^[3]

References

^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Night of Love at silentera.com
^ "New Pictures: Feb. 7, 1927". Time. February 7, 1927. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
^ E. W. Hamilton, Hong Kong Censor to H. W. Ray, Managing Director, Hongkong Amusements, November 8, 1927, in US National Archives, Record Group 84 Hong Kong Correspondence, Vol. 388, 840.6

External links

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The Little Foxes (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
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Up in Arms (1944)
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
Wonder Man (1945)
The Kid From Brooklyn (1946)
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The Bishop's Wife (1947)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
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Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Plays

Comedias	The Phantom Lady (1629) Life Is a Dream (1635) El médico de su honra (1637) El pintor de su deshonra (1640s) The Mayor of Zalamea (1651)
Autos sacramentales	The Great Theater of the World (c. 1634)

Adaptations

Films	The Mayor of Zalamea (1920) The Night of Love (1927) The Phantom Lady (1945) The Mayor of Zalamea (1954) The Mayor of Zalamea (1956) The Prince in Chains (1960) Life Is a Dream (1986)
Operas	Henry VIII (1883) Life Is a Dream (2010)

List of Calderón's plays in English translation

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