The Cardboard Lover is a 1928 silent film comedy produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and stars Marion Davies and Swedish actor Nils Asther.The film is based on the play Dans sa candeur naive by Jacques Deval. (Turner Classic Movies states it is based on Deval's novel of the same name.) In London, Tallulah Bankhead played the lead female in the cast.