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A Million Bid
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6310 feet
Directed by Michael Curtiz

Cast: Dolores Costello [Dorothy Gordon], Warner Oland [Geoffrey Marsh], Malcolm McGregor [Doctor Robert Brent], Betty Blythe [Mrs. Gordon], William Demarest [George Lamont], Douglas Gerrard [Lord Bobby Vane], Grace Gordon [the Gordon maid]

Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. / Scenario by Robert Dillon, from the play Agnes by George Cameron (Gladys S. Rankin Drew). Assistant director, Henry Blanke. Cinematography by Hal Mohr. / © 19 May 1927 by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated [LP23986]. Released 28 May 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was previously filmed as A Million Bid (1914). / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [incomplete positive (Italian intertitles)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 May 2012.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2942; AFI-F2 n. F2.3619 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Pete Jones.