Love Is an Awful Thing
| Love Is an Awful Thing | |
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| Directed by | Victor Heerman |
| Written by | Victor Heerman |
| Produced by | Lewis J. Selznick |
| Starring | Owen Moore Marjorie Daw Katherine Perry |
| Cinematography | Jules Cronjager |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Selznick Pictures |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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Love Is an Awful Thing is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Victor Heerman and starring Owen Moore, Marjorie Daw, and Katherine Perry.[1][2]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[3] Anthony Churchill is to marry Helen after six months probation to convince her father Judge Griggs that he is a proper young man when Marion turns up some of Anthony's old love letters. To put her off, Anthony assumes the role of a married man with six children, but Marion discovers the hoax. Helen runs into a scene with Anthony with his made-up family. Complications ensue and it appears that the marriage will be wrecked when it is discovered that Marion is married to her attorney and the two were involved in hatching a blackmail scheme. This discovery proves removes all difficulties and paves the way to a happy, wedded ending.
Cast
- Owen Moore as Anthony Churchill
- Tom Guise as Judge Griggs
- Marjorie Daw as Helen Griggs
- Katherine Perry as Ruth Allen
- Arthur Hoyt as Harold Wright
- Douglas Carter as Porter
- Charlotte Mineau as Marion
- Snitz Edwards as Superintendent
- Alice Howell as Superintendent's wife
- Maxine Tabnac as Child (uncredited)
- Walter Wilkinson as Child (uncredited)
References
- ↑ Munden p. 457
- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Love Is an Awful Thing at silentera.com
- ↑ "Tried and Proved Pictures: Love Is an Awful Thing". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (9). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 37. January 19, 1924. Retrieved July 5, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
