Drums of Love

Based on the Historical Incident of Francesca da Rimini

  • Rated 7.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1928
  • 1h 40m
  • Romance
  • Drama

Princess Emmanuella agrees to wed the Duke of a neighboring kingdom in order to keep peace between their two countries. However, when the Duke's handsome brother arrives to escort her to her new husband, she finds herself attracted to him, and even moreso when she discovers that her future husband, whom she has never met, is ugly, brutish, and deformed.

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Director
D.W. Griffith
Starring
Mary Philbin, Lionel Barrymore, Don Alvarado, Tully Marshall

Cast

  • Mary Philbin

    Mary Philbin

    Princess Emanuella

  • Lionel Barrymore

    Lionel Barrymore

    Duke Cathos de Alvia

  • Don Alvarado

    Don Alvarado

    Count Leonardo de Alvia

  • Tully Marshall

    Tully Marshall

    Bopi

  • Eugenie Besserer

    Eugenie Besserer

    Duchess de Alvia

  • Charles Hill Mailes

    Charles Hill Mailes

    Duke de Granada

  • Rosemary Cooper

    Rosemary Cooper

    The Maid

  • Joyce Coad

    Joyce Coad

    The Little Sister

  • Ethel Jackson

    Bit Role

  • Billy Seay

    Leonardo as a Boy

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