Afraid to Love

{{short description|1927 film by Edward H. Griffith}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Afraid to Love

| image = Clive Brook and Florence Vidor in Afraid to Love.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Clive Brook and Florence Vidor

| director = Edward H. Griffith

| based_on = The Marriage of Kitty by Cosmo Gordon Lennox

| producer = B. P. Schulberg
Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor

| screenplay = Doris Anderson
Alfred Hustwick
Joseph Jackson

| starring = Florence Vidor
Clive Brook
Norman Trevor
Jocelyn Lee
Arthur Lubin

| music =

| cinematography = J.O. Taylor

| editing =

| studio = Famous Players–Lasky Corporation

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1927|4|9}}

| runtime = 70 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Afraid to Love is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and written by Doris Anderson, Francis de Croisset, Fred de Gresac, Alfred Hustwick and Joseph Jackson. The film stars Florence Vidor, Clive Brook, Norman Trevor, Jocelyn Lee and Arthur Lubin. The film was released on April 9, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F05E3DF1139E233A25751C1A9629C946695D6CF|title=Movie Review - Afraid to Love - Sir Reginald's Affairs. - NYTimes.com|work=The New York Times|accessdate=February 9, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=2511|title=Afraid to Love|work=afi.com|accessdate=February 9, 2015}}

It is based on the 1902 play The Marriage of Kitty by Cosmo Gordon Lennox, a version of the French play La Passerelle by Francis de Croisset and Fred de Gresac. The play was previously adapted into the 1915 film The Marriage of Kitty.