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When Men Desire
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by J. Gordon Edwards

Cast: Theda Bara [Marie Lohr], Fleming Ward [Robert Stedman], G. Raymond Nye [Major Wolf Von Rohn], Florence Martin [Elsie Henner], Maude Hill [Lola Santez], Edward Elkus [Professor Lohr]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [A Theda Bara Super-Production]. / Produced by William Fox. Scenario by Adrian Johnson, from a screen story by E. Lloyd Sheldon and J. Searle Dawley. Costume design by George James Hopkins. Cinematography by John W. Boyle. Presented by William Fox. / © 9 March 1919 by William Fox [LP13484]. Released 9 March 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4896.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 29 December 2024.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4896; Pratt-Spellbound p. ? : Website-IMDb.