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title: 'Sacred and Profane Love (1921)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Desmond Taylor'
released: '1921-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 50
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sacred-and-profane-love-1921'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012640/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sacred and Profane Love (1921)

1921 · 50 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Sacred and Profane Love is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. This film was directed by William Desmond Taylor and starred Elsie Ferguson with Conrad Nagel. It is based on a book The Book of Carlotta by Arnold Bennett and was turned into a 1920 Broadway play which also starred Elsie Ferguson. Writer/director Julia Crawford Ivers adapted the book and play to the screen while her son James Van Trees served as one of the film's cinematographers. All known copies of this film are lost.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Desmond Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-desmond-taylor)
- **Screenplay:** [Arnold Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-bennett)
- **Producer:** [Adolph Zukor](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-zukor), [Jesse Louis Lasky](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-louis-lasky)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Van Trees](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-van-trees)

## Cast

- [Elsie Ferguson](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsie-ferguson)
- [Conrad Nagel](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-nagel)

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