''Love of Women'' is a 1924 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Whitman Bennett
Whitman Bennett (1883–1968) was an American film producer and director of the silent era.Munden p.34
Selected filmography
* ''The Truth About Husbands'' (1920)
* ''The Devil's Garden'' (1920)
* '' The Master Mind'' (1920)
* '' Salvation Nell'' ...
and starring
Helene Chadwick
Helene Chadwick (November 25, 1897 – September 4, 1940) was an American actress in silent and in early sound films.
Early life and career
Chadwick was born in the small town of Chadwicks, New York, which was named for her great-grandfather ...
,
Montagu Love
Montagu Love (15 March 1877 – 17 May 1943) was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor.
Early years
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Love was the son of Harry Love and Fanny Louisa Love, née Poad; his father was listed as accountant ...
, and
Maurice Costello
Maurice George Costello (February 22, 1877 – October 29, 1950) was a prominent American vaudeville actor of the late 1890s and early 1900s who later played a principal role in early American films as leading man, supporting player, and director ...
.
Synopsis
An unscrupulous
millionaire
A millionaire is an individual whose net worth or wealth is equal to or exceeds one million units of currency. Depending on the currency, a certain level of prestige is associated with being a millionaire. In countries that use the short scal ...
schemes to break up a marriage with the aid of a
.
Cast
Preservation
With no prints of ''Love of Women'' located in any film archives,
Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Love of Women''
/ref> it is a lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Conditions
During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...
.
References
Bibliography
* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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1924 films
1924 drama films
Silent American drama films
Films directed by Whitman Bennett
American silent feature films
1920s English-language films
American black-and-white films
Selznick Pictures films
1920s American films
English-language drama films
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