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Mae Murray and Conway Tearle.
Photograph by Ruth Harriet Louise: Silent Era image collection.
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Altars of Desire
Also known as Farlig Flirt in Denmark; Vágyak oltárán in Hungary; O krok od grzechu! in Poland; Altares del deseo in Spain
(1927) United States of America
Color/B&W : Seven reels / 6037 feet
Directed by Christy Cabanne (William Christy Cabanne)
Cast: Mae Murray [Claire Sutherland], Conway Tearle [David Elrod], André de Beranger (André Beranger) [Count André D’Orville], Robert Edeson [John Sutherland], Maude George [Kitty Pryor]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture]. / Scenario by Albert Lewin, from the adaptation by Alice D.G. Miller and Agnes Johnston (Agnes Christine Johnston) of the short story “Altars of Desire” by Maria Thompson Davies. Production management by Sydney Algier. Set design by Cedric Gibbons and Arnold Gillespie (A. Arnold Gillespie). Costume design by André-ani, Kathleen Kay and Maude Marsh. Wardrobe supervisor, Ethel P. Chaffin. Assistant director, Jack Cummings. Cinematography by William H. Daniels. Stills photography by Ruth Harriet Louise. Film editor, George Hively. Intertitles written by Ruth Cummings. / © 21 December 1926 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation [LP23583]. Released 5 February 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Technicolor two-strip color process sequence. / The Technicolor sequence (210 feet) appears in the first reel. / Silent film.
Drama: Romance.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Americans (Abroad) - France: Paris - French
Listing updated: 7 May 2025.
References: Eames-MGM p. 35; Kobal-Fifty p. 38; Weaver-Twenty p. 418 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-Lost.
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