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The Tender Hour
Also known as {Beauty in Irons}
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7399 feet
Directed by George Fitzmaurice

Cast: Billie Dove [Marcia Kane], Ben Lyon [Wally McKenzie], Montagu Love [Gramd Duke Sergei], Alec B. Francis [Francis Chinilly], Constantine Romanoff [Gorki], Laska Winter [Tana], T. Roy Barnes [Tough-House Higgins], George Kotsonaros [the wrestler], Charles A. Post [Pussy-Finger], Anders Randolph (Anders Randolf) [the pageant leader], August Tollaire (Auguste Tollaire) [the prefect of police], Frank Elliott [a party guest], Lionel Belmore [a party guest], Lon Poff [a party guest], Yola d’Avril [a cabaret girl], George Bunny, [?] James Bradbury Sr.?

John McCormick Productions production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated [A George Fitzmaurice Production; A First National Picture]. / Scenario by Winifred Dunn, from a screen story by Carey Wilson. Costume design by Max Rée. Assistant director, Cullen Tate. Cinematography by Robert Kurrle. Intertitles written by Edwin Justus Mayer. Presented by John McCormick. / © 21 April 1927 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP23880]. Released 1 May 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working titles: Body and Soul and Beauty in Chains. Story attributions to Jerome Wilson are incoorect. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 19 January 2025.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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