Lombardi, Ltd.

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]

Lombardi, Ltd.
Still from film with Alice Lake and Bert Lytell
Directed by	Jack Conway
Written by	June Mathis (scenario)
Based on	Lombardi, Ltd. by Fanny Hatton and Frederic Hatton
Starring	Bert Lytell Alice Lake Vera Lewis Juanita Hansen Jean Acker Joseph Kilgour Ann May
Cinematography	Robert Kurrle
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	October 1919 (1919-10)
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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]