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Body and Soul
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Reginald Barker

Cast: Aileen Pringle [Hilda], Norman Kerry [Ruffo], Lionel Barrymore [Doctor Leyden], T. Roy Barnes [the postman]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; dirstributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Reginald Barker Production; A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture]. / Scenario by Elliott Clawson, from the novel The Branding Iron by Katherine Newlin Burt. Production design by Cedric Gibbons and Arnold Gillespie. Costume design by René Hubert. Assistant director, Nick Grinde. Cinematography by Percy Hilburn. Film editor, William LeVanway. Intertitles written by Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnum). / Released 1 October 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was previously filmed as The Branding Iron (1920). / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Accidents - Americans (Abroad) - Jealousy - Switzerland

Listing updated: 9 January 2025.

References: Eames-MGM p. 39 : Website-IMDb.