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Adam and Evil
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6793 feet
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard

Cast: Lew Cody [Adam Trevelyan; and Allan Trevelyan], Aileen Pringle [Evelyn Trevelyan], Gwen Lee [Gwen de Vere], Gertrude Short [Dora Dell], Hedda Hopper [Eleanor Leighton], Roy D’Arcy [Mortimer Jenkins]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by [?] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation? [A Robert Z. Leonard Production; A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture]. / Scenario by F. Hugh Herbert and Florence Ryerson. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Richard Day. Set design by Cedric Gibbons. Costume design by René Hubert. Cinematography by André Barlatier. Film editor, Leslie F. Wilder. Intertitles written by Ralph Spence. / © 17 August 1927 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation [LP24293]. Released 27 August 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Comedy.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Families: Brother-brother relationships - Hotels - Infidelity - Twins

Listing updated: 4 January 2025.

References: Mandelbaum-Screen pp. 90, 114 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.