A ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard lover"--to pretend to be in love with him so he can teach his two-timing fiancée a lesson and win her back. What he doesn't realize is that the girl isn't pretending; she actually is in love with him, and she sets out to win him for herself.
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The movie The Cardboard Lover was directed by Robert Z. Leonard.
The Cardboard Lover was released in the year 1928.
The Cardboard Lover has an IMDb rating of 6.7 out of 10.
The Cardboard Lover is a movie from United States.
The Cardboard Lover is categorised as Romance, Comedy in the cult cinema archive at Dbcult.
The Cardboard Lover features Andrés de Segurola, Marion Davies, Jetta Goudal, Pepi Lederer.
The screenplay for The Cardboard Lover was written by Lucille Newmark, Jacques Deval, Carey Wilson.
If you enjoy The Cardboard Lover, you might also like The Master Key (1914), Little Eve Edgarton (1916), A Mormon Maid (1917), Her Body in Bond (1918).
Yes, The Cardboard Lover (1928) is featured in the Dbcult archive as a curated cult cinema title, known for its Romance and Comedy qualities.
Sally, a high-spirited American tourist in Monte Carlo, is obsessed with tennis champion Andre Sorel. When Andre finds himself trapped in a toxic cycle with his manipulative fiancée, Simone, he hires Sally to play his 'cardboard lover'—a fake girlfriend designed to make Simone jealous and keep her at a distance. Andre views the arrangement as a business transaction, but Sally is genuinely in love with him. What follows is a frantic, hotel-set farce where Sally uses her role to systematically dismantle Andre's old relationship while trying to convince him that the fake romance should become a reality.
Synopsis
A ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard lover"--to pretend to be in love with him so he can teach his two-timing fiancée a lesson and win her back. What he doesn't realize is that the girl isn't pretending; she actually is in love with him, and she sets out to win him for herself.
