The World and His Wife

The World and His Wife is a lost^[1] American 1920 silent drama film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Directed by Robert G. Vignola, the film was based on the 1908 Broadway play of the same name by Charles Frederic Nirdlinger, which was adapted from the Spanish language play El Gran Galeoto by Jose Echegaray Y Eizaguirre. The film stars Alma Rubens, Montagu Love, and Pedro de Cordoba and Broadway actress Margaret Dale in her feature film debut.^[2][3]

The World and His Wife
Newspaper advertisement.
Directed by	Robert G. Vignola
Written by	Frances Marion (scenario) Charles Frederic Nirdlinger(English translation of play)
Based on	El gran Galeoto by José Echegaray y Eizaguirre
Produced by	Cosmopolitan Productions
Cinematography	Al Liguori
Distributed by	Paramount-Artcraft Pictures
Release date	July 18, 1920 (1920-07-18) (United States)
Running time	60 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The story was later filmed at MGM as Lovers (1927).

Plot

Cast

• Montagu Love as Don Julian
• Alma Rubens as Teodora
• Gaston Glass as Ernesto
• Pedro de Cordoba as Don Severo
• Charles K. Gerrard as Don Alvarez
• Mrs. Allen Walker as Marie
• Byron Russell as Captain Wickersham
• Peter Barbierre as Don Julian's Friend (credited as Peter Barbier)
• Pierre Gendron as Don Alvarez's Friend (credited as Leon Gendron)
• Margaret Dale as Mercedes
• Vincent Macchia as Don Alvarez's Friend
• James Savold as Ernesto's Father
• Ray Allen as Ernesto's Mother

See also

• The Celebrated Scandal (1915)
• Lovers (1927)