The Love Light
The Love Light | |
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Directed by | Frances Marion |
Written by | Frances Marion |
Produced by | Mary Pickford |
Starring | Mary Pickford Evelyn Dumo |
Cinematography | Charles Rosher Henry Cronjager |
Edited by | Stuart Heisler |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes (Alternate version) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Box office | $690,695 |
The Love Light is a 1921 American
The film is mistakenly referred to as Straight is the Way in publicity.[3][4][5]
Plot
Based upon a summary in a film publication,
Cast
- Mary Pickford as Angela Carlotti
- Evelyn Dumo as Maria
- Raymond Bloomer as Giovanni
- Fred Thomson as Joseph
- Albert Prisco as Pietro
- George Regas as Tony
- Eddie Phillips as Mario Carlotti
- Jean De Briac as Antonio Carlotti
Reception
Photoplay published a very critical review by Burns Mantle. He wrote, in summary, "The Love Light is a poor picture in the sense of being quite unworthy of the star's talents. The story is developed without reasonable logic and filmed with only the value of the pictures in mind. The Love Light's one value to my mind is that it takes the nation's sweetheart out of curls and short frocks and makes a woman of her."[7]
See also
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Love Light at silentera.com
- ^
- Tieber, Claus (2010), "Not Quite Classical Hollywood Cinema: the Narrative Structure of Frances Marion's Screenplays", in Bull, Sofia; Widding, Astrid Söderbergh (eds.), Not so Silent: Women in Cinema before Sound, Stockholm Studies in Film History, Stockholm, Sweden: Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis, pp. 96, 99–100, ISBN 978-91-86071-40-0
- via researchgate
- Tieber, Claus (2010), "Not Quite Classical Hollywood Cinema: the Narrative Structure of Frances Marion's Screenplays", in Bull, Sofia; Widding, Astrid Söderbergh (eds.), Not so Silent: Women in Cinema before Sound, Stockholm Studies in Film History, Stockholm, Sweden: Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis, pp. 96, 99–100,
- ^ "Actress Mary Pickford and director Frances Marion sitting on their..." Getty Images. April 17, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ "Mary Pickford: The woman who shaped Hollywood". Retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ "This Forgotten Female Screenwriter Helped Give Hollywood Its Voice". Retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ "The Love Light: They're Going to Like the Production and Mary Too". Film Daily. 15 (14). New York City: Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 7 January 16, 1921. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ Mantle, Burns (April 1921). "The Shadow Stage". Photoplay. New York: Photoplay Publishing Co.
External links
- The Love Light at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- The Love Light is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive