Love Me and the World Is Mine

{{short description|1927 film by Ewald André Dupont}}

{{for|the 1906 ballad|Love Me and the World Is Mine (song)}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Love Me and the World Is Mine

| image = Lovemeandtheworldismine-lanternslide-1928.jpeg

| caption = Lantern slide

| director = Ewald André Dupont

| producer = Carl Laemmle

| writer = Imre Fazekas
Albert DeMond
Walter Anthony
Paul Kohner

| based_on = {{basedon|Die Geschichte von der Hannerl und ihren Liebhabem|Rudolf Hans Bartsch}}

| starring = Mary Philbin
Norman Kerry
Betty Compson

| music = Sidney Jones

| cinematography = Jackson Rose

| editing = Edward L. Cahn
Daniel Mandell

| distributor = Universal Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1928|02|09|New York City|1928|03|04|U.S.}}

| runtime = 60 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

| budget =$350,000{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/variety86-1927-02/page/n123/mode/1up|magazine=Variety|title=U May Shelve Du Pont's $350,000|date=16 February 1957|page=4}}

}}

Love Me and the World Is Mine is a 1928 American silent romantic film directed by Ewald André Dupont (E.A. Dupont) and released by Universal Pictures.{{Cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/L/LoveMeAndTheWorldIsMin1928.html|title=Progressive Silent Film List: Love Me and the World Is Mine |website=www.silentera.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=10417|title=The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Love Me and the World Is Mine}}

Plot

Hannerl (Philbin) is a young woman growing up in Old Vienna. She falls in love with two men: A young army officer who can provide her love and security and an old wealthy man who can provide her a high-class life. She doesn't know who she wants to spend her life with, but must make her decision.

Cast

Preservation

The film survives in copies held at Cinematheque Royale de Belgique, Brussels and the Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen.{{Cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.665/default.html|title=Love Me And The World Is Mine|first=Mary|last=Philbin|date=April 20, 1928|via=memory.loc.gov}}

See also

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