The Love Toy

{{short description|1926 film by Erle C. Kenton}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Love Toy | image = Love Toy lobby card.jpg | caption = Lobby card | director = [[Erle C. Kenton]] | producer = [[Warner Brothers]] | writer = [[Charles Logue (screenwriter)|Charles Logue]] (story) | starring = [[Lowell Sherman]]<br>[[Jane Winton]] | music = | cinematography = [[John J. Mescall]] | editing = | distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Brothers]] | released = {{Film date|1926|02|13}} | runtime = 60 minutes | country = US | language = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s) }} '''''The Love Toy''''' is a 1926 American [[silent film|silent]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Erle C. Kenton]] and starring [[Lowell Sherman]], [[Jane Winton]], and [[Willard Louis]]. Produced and distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Brothers]].<ref>{{cite web| url= https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/10432| title= The Love Toy | work= The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993| via= catalog.afi.com| publisher= [[American Film Institute]]| access-date= }}</ref>

==Plot== Just before his wedding, Peter Remsen discovers his bride in the arms of another man. He tears up their [[marriage license]]. To drown his remorse, he hires himself out to the European kingdom of Luzania, where he becomes a general in its army, helping King Lavoris navigate daily conflicts with Belgradia. After achieving victories in several of these daily wars, the King appoints him as his valet.

Peter saves Princess Patricia from the prime minister, who is attempting to usurp the throne and force her into marriage. Peter subsequently wins the affection of the princess.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Campbell |first=William |author-link= |title=Pre-Release Review of Features: ''The Love Toy'' |journal=Motion Picture News |volume=33 |issue=11 |pages=1212 |date=13 March 1926 |publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc. |location=New York| url= https://archive.org/details/motionnews33moti/page/n177/mode/1up |access-date=6 April 2023}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>

==Cast== *[[Lowell Sherman]] as Peter Remsen *[[Jane Winton]] as The Bride *[[Willard Louis]] as King Lavoris *[[Gayne Whitman]] as Prime Minister *[[Ethel Grey Terry]] as Queen Zita *[[Helene Costello]] as Princess Patricia *[[Maude George]] as Lady in Waiting *[[Myrna Loy]] (bit role; uncredited)

Lowell Sherman and Helene Costello were later married.

==Preservation== With no prints of ''The Love Toy'' located in any film archives,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.7115/default.html| work= FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog| title= The Love Toy| publisher= [[International Federation of Film Archives]], [[Library of Congress]] | access-date= }}</ref> it is considered a [[lost film]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lost Films of Warner Brothers Pictures |url=http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnewarner.html |website= silentsaregolden.com |publisher=Arne Anderson's Lost Film Files |access-date=2024-04-04}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0017085}} *[https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/love-toy-warner-brothers-1926-1878578842 Lobby cards] (archived) *[https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOVE-TOY-26-HAND-TINTED-SILENT-TITLE-CARD-POSTER-LOWELL-SHERMAN-HELENE-COSTELLO/262531136624?hash=item3d20133c70:g:KBsAAOSwbsBXjBtC Lobby card]

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