Lombardi, Ltd. Explained

Lombardi, Ltd. (also sometimes styled Lombardi Limited in publicity materials) is a surviving 1919 American silent feature comedy film. It was adapted by June Mathis from a 1917 play of the same name by Frederick and Fanny Hatton, and directed by Jack Conway. Warner Baxter had an early uncredited minor role in the film.^[1]

Plot

Tito Lombardi's struggling Fifth Avenue couture house is spiraling into financial failure. Through a Broadway investor he meets and falls for a showgirl who soon proves to be a gold-digger; his attractive but unassuming female assistant Norah loves him but has never made her feelings known. With money from a third-party inheritance and some ingenuity on Norah's part, the House of Lombardi is resurrected. Lombardi and Norah find true love together.

Cast

• Bert Lytell as Tito Lambardi
• Alice Lake as Norah Blake
• Vera Lewis as Mollie
• Juanita Hansen as Phyllis Manning
• George A. McDaniel as Riccardo 'Ricky' Tosello
• Joseph Kilgour as Bob Tarrant
• Thomas Jefferson as James Hodkins
• Thea Talbot as Eloise
• Ann May as
• John Steppling as Max Strohan
• Jean Acker as Daisy
• Virginia Caldwell as Yvette
• Golda Madden as Clothilde
• Miss DuPont as Muriel (credited as Patricia Hannan)

Preservation status

A print of Lombardi, Ltd. was donated by the MGM and is preserved at the George Eastman House.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Magill's Survey of Silent Films, Vol. 2 FLE-POT, p.665, edited by Frank N. Magill c.1982 (3 book set) Retrieved June 27, 2018
2. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1162/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Lombardi, Ltd.