Three Sinners

Three Sinners (1928) is a silent film directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring Pola Negri, and co-starring Warner Baxter, Olga Baclanova, and Paul Lukas.

Three Sinners
1928 theatrical poster
Directed by	Rowland V. Lee
Written by	Rudolf Bernauer (play Das Zweite Leben aka The Second Life) Rudolf Österreicher (play, with Bernauer) Doris Anderson (adaptation) Jean de Limur (adaptation) Julian Johnson (intertitles)
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky Rowland V. Lee
Starring	Pola Negri Olga Baclanova
Cinematography	Victor Milner
Edited by	Robert Bassler
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 14, 1928 (1928-04-14)
Running time	8 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The film was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and is based on a play Das Zweite Leben (or The Second Life) by Rudolf Bernauer and Rudolf Österreicher. Director Lee also served as executive producer. A sound remake starring Ruth Chatterton was titled Once a Lady (1931).

Cast

• Pola Negri – Baroness Gerda Wallentin
• Warner Baxter – James Harris
• Olga Baclanova – Baroness Hilda Brings
• Paul Lukas – Count Dietrich Wallentin
• Anders Randolf – Count Hellemuth Wallentin (billed as Anders Randolph)
• Tullio Carminati – Roul Stanislav
• Anton Vaverka – Valet to Dieetrich
• Ivy Harris – Countess Lilli
• William von Hardenburg – Prince von Scherson
• Robert Klein – Count Bogumi Sdarschinsky
• Irving Bacon – ?
• Delmer Daves – ?

Preservation status

Three Sinners is now considered a lost film.^[1][2][3]

See also

• List of lost films

Production still

Warner Baxter and Pola Negri