AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

In the Name of Love (1925)

Romantic comedy | 10 August 1925

Cast:

Ricardo Cortez, Greta Nissen, Wallace Beery [ More ]

Director:

Howard Higgin

Writer:

Sada Cowan

Cinematographer:

C. Edgar Schoenbaum

Production Company:

Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Full page view
SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
Exhibitors Trade Review
5 Sep 1925
p. 67
Film Daily
30 Aug 1925
---
New York Times
27 Aug 1925
p. 14
Variety
26 Aug 1925
p. 25
CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
Paramount Pictures Corp.
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
Howard Higgin
Dir
PRODUCERS
Adolph Zukor
Pres
Jesse L. Lasky
Pres
WRITER
Sada Cowan
Scen
PHOTOGRAPHY
Charles Schoenbaum
C. Edgar Schoenbaum
Dir of photog
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the novel The Lady of Lyons by Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (London and New York, 1838).
DETAILS
Release Date:
10 August 1925
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
10 August 1925
LP21720
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
5,862
Length(in reels):
6
Country:
United States
Language:
English
SYNOPSIS

Raoul Melnotte returns from Chicago to the French town of his birth in search of Marie Dufrayne, the sweetheart of his college days, finding that she has become a wealthy social climber in search of a titled husband. Raoul proposes to Marie, but she turns him down when she discovers that he is only a businessman. In league with her other two rejected suitors, Raoul then masquerades as a prince, revealing his true identity only after his wedding to Marie. Learning that she has married a common businessman, Marie is at first apoplectic, but true love wins out in the end, and she and Raoul settle down to married ...

More Less

Raoul Melnotte returns from Chicago to the French town of his birth in search of Marie Dufrayne, the sweetheart of his college days, finding that she has become a wealthy social climber in search of a titled husband. Raoul proposes to Marie, but she turns him down when she discovers that he is only a businessman. In league with her other two rejected suitors, Raoul then masquerades as a prince, revealing his true identity only after his wedding to Marie. Learning that she has married a common businessman, Marie is at first apoplectic, but true love wins out in the end, and she and Raoul settle down to married life.

Less

From AFI's 100 Years Lists...
Legend
Viewed by AFI
Partially Viewed
Offscreen Credit
Name Occurs Before Title
AFI Life Achievement Award
DONATE

TOP SEARCHES

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

According to HR news items, "The Gentleman from Montana" (an unpublished story by Lewis R. Foster, alternately called "The Gentleman from Wyoming" by both contemporary and modern ... >>

It's a Wonderful Life

Philip Van Doren Stern's story, which, according to many contemporary and modern sources, was originally written in Nov 1939, was enclosed by him in his 1943 Christmas cards. Although ... >>

Gone with the Wind

[Note from the Editors : the following information is based on contemporary news items, feature articles, reviews, interviews, memoranda and corporate records. Information obtained from modern sources is ... >>

The Grapes of Wrath

According to materials contained in the Twentieth Century-Fox Records of the Legal Department at the UCLA Theater Arts Library, Fox paid John Steinbeck $70,000 for the rights to his ... >>

KEEP EXPLORING
Businessmen, Impersonation and imposture, Royalty, Chicago (IL), France, Social climbers
The American Film Institute is grateful to Sir Paul Getty KBE and the Sir Paul Getty KBE Estate for their dedication to the art of the moving image and their support for the AFI Catalog of Feature Films and without whose support AFI would not have been able to achieve this historical landmark in this epic scholarly endeavor.