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| Three Sinners | |
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| Directed by | Rowland V. Lee |
| Written by | Doris Anderson (adaptation) Jean de Limur (adaptation) Julian Johnson (intertitles) |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky Rowland V. Lee |
| Starring | Pola Negri Olga Baclanova |
| Cinematography | Victor Milner |
| Edited by | Robert Bassler |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 8 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Three Sinners is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring Pola Negri, and co-starring Warner Baxter, Olga Baclanova, and Paul Lukas.
The film was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and is based on a play Das Zweite Leben (or The Second Life) by Rudolf Bernauer and Rudolf Österreicher. Director Lee also served as executive producer. A sound remake starring Ruth Chatterton was titled Once a Lady (1931).
Cast
[edit]- Pola Negri as Baroness Gerda Wallentin
- Warner Baxter as James Harris
- Olga Baclanova as Baroness Hilda Brings
- Paul Lukas as Count Dietrich Wallentin
- Anders Randolph as Count Hellemuth Wallentin
- Tullio Carminati as Roul Stanislav
- Anton Vaverka as Valet to Dieetrich
- Ivy Harris as Countess Lilli
- William von Hardenburg as Prince von Scherson
- Robert Klein as Count Bogumi Sdarschinsky
- Irving Bacon
- Delmer Daves
Preservation
[edit]With no holdings located in archives, Three Sinners is now considered a lost film.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ↑ American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films, 1921–30 c.1971 by The American Film Institute
- ↑ Three Sinners at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1928
- ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Three Sinners". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on June 11, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
External links
[edit]- 1928 films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by Rowland V. Lee
- Famous Players–Lasky films
- 1928 drama films
- Lost American silent drama films
- Films set in Austria
- Films set in Germany
- American black-and-white films
- 1928 lost films
- 1928 American films
- 1928 English-language films
- English-language drama films
- 1920s lost silent drama film stubs
- 1920s American silent drama film stubs
