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''Sadie Love'' is a
lost
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1919 American
silent comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
distributed by
Paramount Pictures
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(as
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
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) and directed by
John S. Robertson. It is based on a 1915
stage play of the same name by
Avery Hopwood
James Avery Hopwood (May 28, 1882 – July 1, 1928) was an American playwright of the Jazz Age. He had four plays running simultaneously on Broadway in 1920.
Early life
Hopwood was born to James and Jule Pendergast Hopwood on May 28, 1882 ...
and stars
Billie Burke
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North ...
in the title role. In the play,
Marjorie Rambeau
Marjorie Burnet Rambeau (July 15, 1889 – July 6, 1970) was an American film and stage actress. She began her stage career at age 12, and appeared in several silent films before debuting in her first sound film, '' Her Man'' (1930). She was t ...
played the Burke part.
Anecdote
Hedda Hopper reflecting back on the making of this film stated that Billie Burke always wanted a dressing room to herself and was reluctant to change clothing with the other female cast members. Hopper seemed to not understand (or perhaps was jealous) that Burke was the star of the film (as well as a star on Broadway) and was due the personal dressing room accorded a star.
''Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke'', c. 2009 by Grant Hayter Menzies
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Cast
*Billie Burke
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North ...
- Sadie Love
* James Crane - Count Luigi Pallavichi
*Helen Montrose - Princess de Marabole
*Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper (born Elda Furry; May 2, 1885February 1, 1966) was an American gossip columnist and actress. At the height of her influence in the 1940s, her readership was 35 million. A strong supporter of the House Un-American Activities Committ ...
- Mrs. James Wakeley
*Jed Prouty
Jed Prouty (born Clarence Gordon Prouty; April 6, 1879 – May 10, 1956) was an American film actor.
Biography
Born as Clarence Gordon Prouty in Boston, Massachusetts, Prouty was a vaudeville performer before becoming a film actor. Mostly app ...
- James Wakeley
*Shaw Lovett - Mumford Crewe
*Mrs. Margaret A. Wiggin - Mrs. Warrington
*May Rogers - Celeste
* Charles Craig - Butler
*Ida Waterman
Ida Waterman (born Ida Shaw; March 10, 1852 – May 22, 1941) was a stage and screen actress.
Waterman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She appeared some thirty or more Broadway productions between the late 1880s and early 1920s. She play ...
- Aunt Julia
References
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1919 films
1919 comedy films
Silent American comedy films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Famous Players-Lasky films
American films based on plays
Films directed by John S. Robertson
Paramount Pictures films
Lost American films
1919 lost films
Lost comedy films
1910s American films
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