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Paid to Love
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6888 feet
Directed by Howard Hawks

Cast: George O’Brien [Crown Prince Michael], Virginia Valli [Gaby], J. Farrell MacDonald [Peter Roberts], Thomas Jefferson [the king], William Powell [Prince Eric], Merta Sterling [the maid], Hank Mann [the servant]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Produced by William Fox. Scenario by William M. Conselman and Seton I. Miller, from the adaptation by Benjamin Glazer of a screen story by Harry Carr. Assistant director, James Tinling. Cinematography by L. William O’Connell. Presented by William Fox. / © 15 May 1927 by Fox Film Corporation [LP24014]. Premiered 23 July 1927 in New York, New York. Released 14 August 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Powell’s 25th film. The story was subsequently filmed (in Spanish by Fox Film Corporation) at Hay que casar al principe (1931). / Silent film.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 August 2009.

References: Quirk-Powell pp. 75-76 : ClasIm-220 p. 47 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.