The Cardboard Lover is a 1928 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Marion Davies, Nils Asther and Jetta Goudal. It was produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. The film is based on the 1926 play Dans sa candeur naive by Jacques Deval, with the genders of the main characters switched for this adaptation. In London, Tallulah Bankhead played the female lead. On Broadway, Jeanne Eagels played the female lead.