The Cardboard Lover

The Cardboard Lover

77 mins | Comedy, Romance | Sept. 2, 1928

A ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard lover"--to pretend to be in love with him so he can teach his two-timing fiancé a lesson and win her back. What he doesn't realize is that the girl isn't pretending --she actually is in love with him, and she sets out to win him for herself.

The Cardboard Lover

77 mins | Comedy, Romance | Sept. 2, 1928

The Cardboard Lover
A ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard lover"--to pretend to be in love with him so he can teach his two-timing fiancé a lesson and win her back. What he doesn't realize is that the girl isn't pretending --she actually is in love with him, and she sets out to win him for herself.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions
Original title The Cardboard Lover
Directors F. Hugh Herbert, Robert Z. Leonard
Writers F. Hugh Herbert, Carey Wilson, Jacques Deval

Cast

Marion Davies

as Sally

Jetta Goudal

as Simone

Nils Asther

as Andre

Andrés de Segurola

as The Baritone

Tenen Holtz

as Albine

Pepi Lederer

as Peppy