The Night of Love is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Released by United Artists, the film stars Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, and Montagu Love. The screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee is based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.[1]

The Night of Love
Still with Bánky and Colman
Directed byGeorge Fitzmaurice
Written byLenore J. Coffee (screenplay)
Edwin Justus Mayer (intertitles)
Produced bySamuel Goldwyn
StarringRonald Colman
Vilma Bánky
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Thomas E. Brannigan
Edited byGrant Whytock
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Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • January 22, 1927 (1927-01-22)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

It tells the story of a gypsy chieftain, who in revenge for the Duke kidnapping his wife, gets revenge by stealing the duke's wife.[2]

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The film was banned in 1927 by Eric W. Hamilton, a Hong Kong censor, who stated: "The subject matter is absolutely immoral and the depiction in many cases is indecent."[3]

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  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Night of Love at silentera.com
  2. ^ "New Pictures: Feb. 7, 1927". Time. February 7, 1927. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  3. ^ E. W. Hamilton, Hong Kong Censor to H. W. Ray, Managing Director, Hongkong Amusements, November 8, 1927, in US National Archives, Record Group 84 Hong Kong Correspondence, Vol. 388, 840.6
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