The Gay Deceiver

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The Gay Deceiver
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Lobby card for the film
Directed by John M. Stahl
Written by Benjamin Glazer
Based onToto
by Achmed Abdullah
Maurice Hennequin (play Patachon)
Félix Duquesnel (play Patachon)
Starring Lew Cody
Carmel Myers
Cinematography Max Fabian
Tony Gaudio
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • September 19, 1926 (1926-09-19)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Gay Deceiver is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by John M. Stahl. The film stars Lew Cody and Carmel Myers. [1] [2]

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Plot

A deceiver leads the fast set in Paris and is involved in love affairs and blackmail until he mends his way for his daughter's sake.

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Lew Cody and Marceline Day

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of The Gay Deceiver located in any film archives, [3] it is a lost film. [4] Only stills [5] and promotional material remain. [6]

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References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Gay Deceiver at silentera.com
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: The Gay Deceiver
  3. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Gay Deceiver
  4. Listing of incomplete MGM films at Nitrateville
  5. "Some Known Still Codes Part 2: Codes starting with numbers". www.silentfilmstillarchive.com. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  6. "Marceline Day, Lew Cody, 1926". Getty Images (in European Portuguese). Retrieved November 2, 2023.