Lombardi, Ltd. (also sometimes styled Lombardi Limited in publicity materials) is a surviving 1919 American silent feature comedy film. It was adapted by June Mathis from a 1917 play of the same name by Frederick and Fanny Hatton, and directed by Jack Conway. Warner Baxter had an early uncredited minor role in the film.[1]
Plot
Tito Lombardi's struggling Fifth Avenue couture house is spiraling into financial failure. Through a Broadway investor he meets and falls for a showgirl who soon proves to be a gold-digger; his attractive but unassuming female assistant Norah loves him but has never made her feelings known. With money from a third-party inheritance and some ingenuity on Norah's part, the House of Lombardi is resurrected. Lombardi and Norah find true love together.
Cast
- Bert Lytell as Tito Lambardi
- Alice Lake as Norah Blake
- Vera Lewis as Mollie
- Juanita Hansen as Phyllis Manning
- George A. McDaniel as Riccardo 'Ricky' Tosello
- Joseph Kilgour as Bob Tarrant
- Thomas Jefferson as James Hodkins
- Thea Talbot as Eloise
- Ann May as
- John Steppling as Max Strohan
- Jean Acker as Daisy
- Virginia Caldwell as Yvette
- Golda Madden as Clothilde
- Miss DuPont as Muriel (credited as Patricia Hannan)
Preservation status
A print of Lombardi, Ltd. was donated by the MGM and is preserved at the George Eastman House.[2]
References
- ^ Magill's Survey of Silent Films, Vol. 2 FLE-POT, p.665, edited by Frank N. Magill c.1982 ISBN 0-89356-241-6 (3 book set ISBN 0-89356-239-4) Retrieved June 27, 2018
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Lombardi, Ltd.
External links
- Lombardi, Ltd. at IMDb
- Lombardi, Ltd. at the TCM Movie Database