Lawful Larceny | |
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Directed by | Allan Dwan |
Screenplay by | John Lynch Samuel Shipman |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor |
Starring | Hope Hampton Conrad Nagel Nita Naldi Lew Cody Russell Griffin Yvonne Hughes |
Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (Englishintertitles) |
Lawful Larceny is alost[1] 1923 Americansilentdrama film directed byAllan Dwan and written by John Lynch and Samuel Shipman. The film starsHope Hampton,Conrad Nagel,Nita Naldi,Lew Cody, Russell Griffin, andYvonne Hughes. The film was released on July 22, 1923, byParamount Pictures.[2][3]
The film was remade atRKO Pictures in 1930 as asound film of the same title withBebe Daniels in the lead role.
As described in a film magazine review,[4] Vivian Hepburn, a modernvampire, runs a gambling house with Guy Tarlow, a male partner who directs the victims to the house. She financially ruins Andrew Dorsey while his young wife Marion is in Europe. When she returns she hears all about the woman and is determined to obtain revenge. She goes to the gambling house and succeeds in ensnaring the vampire's partner, and by this means she is able to win back her husband's fortune and regain her own happiness.
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