The Ace of Cads explained

The Ace of Cads
Director:	Luther Reed
Producer:	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky William Le Baron
Starring:	Adolphe Menjou Alice Joyce
Cinematography:	J. Roy Hunt
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	70 minutes^[1]
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Ace of Cads is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Luther Reed and starred Adolphe Menjou and Alice Joyce.^[2] The film is an adaptation of a Michael Arlen story of the same name.^[3]

Cast

• Adolphe Menjou as Chappel Maturin
• Alice Joyce as Eleanour
• Norman Trevor as Sir Guy de Gramercy
• Philip Strange as Basil de Gramercy
• Suzanne Fleming as Joan

Preservation

With no prints of The Ace of Cads located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: The Ace of Cads . 29 March 2022 . Variety . 20 October 1926. https://archive.today/20220329124551/https://web.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/AJ/reviews/aoc.htm . 29 March 2022.
2. Book: White Munden, Kenneth. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. 1997. University of California Press. 0-520-20969-9. 3.
3. News: Sargent . Epes W. . "The Ace of Cads" . 29 March 2022 . Moving Picture World . 30 October 1926 . https://archive.today/20220329124551/https://web.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/AJ/reviews/aoc.htm . 29 March 2022.
4. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3287/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Ace of Cads
5. http://www.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/AJ/reviews/aoc.htm The Ace of Cads at the Unsung Divas website