''Seeds of Vengeance'' is an American film released in 1920. It was directed by

Ollie Sellers Ollie L. Sellers (born Oliver Sellers in 1885) was an American film director. Before becoming a director he was a production manager at Triangle Film Corporation. He worked with Gloria Swanson. He wrote the screenplay adapted from a novel and di ...

. It was an adaptation of Margaret Prescott's ''The Sowing of Alderson Cree''. The film starred

Bernard Durning Bernard Joseph Durning (August 24, 1893 – August 29, 1923) was an American silent film director and actor who worked primarily with Lon Chaney, Dustin Farnum, and Buck Jones. William A. Wellman was his assistant director and protégé. His ...

. It was a C. R. Macauley Photoplay. It was a 5-reel film was produced by Select Pictures. Sada Cowan wrote the scenario. The film is one of at least three Sellers directed with Durning as an actor.

Cast

Pauline Starke Pauline Starke (January 10, 1901Some sources say she was born in 1900. – February 3, 1977) was an American silent-film actress. Early years Pauline Starke was born on January 10, 1901, in Joplin, Missouri, the daughter of George W. Starke a ...

as Ellen Dawe *

Gloria Hope Gloria Hope (born Olive Frances, November 9, 1901 – October 29, 1976) was an American silent film actress. Life and career She was born as Olive Frances in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1901. Following her education at a Newark, New Jersey, ...

Eugenie Besserer Eugenie Besserer ( – May 29, 1934) was an American actress who starred in silent films and features of the early sound motion-picture era, beginning in 1910. Her most prominent role is that of the title character's mother in the first talkie ...

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* Jack Curtis *

Evelyn Selbie Evelyn Selbie (July 6, 1871 – December 7, 1950) was an American stage actress and performer in both silent and sound films. Biography Born in Louisville, Kentucky, as a young woman Selbie was a sidesaddle rider. She had a career which last ...

George Hernandez George Hernandez I (June 6, 1863 – December 31, 1922) was an American silent film actor. Hernandez was born , in Placerville, California. From late 1897 through May 1899, Hernandez was a traveling Shakespearean actor with the Janet Waldorf ...

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*Burwell Hamrick *George Stone

Reception

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'' wrote, "Amazingly beautiful photography marks the high lights of this picture, seconded by realistic acting in which character types predominate. Eugenie Besserer gives a stunning performance of a distraught mother. Two charmingly wistful impersonations are contributed by Pauline Starke and Gloria Hope as the youthful heroines. Mr. Macauley is to be congratulated upon a tense, dramatic picture, which grips despite the basic idea is one of hate and vengeance". '' The Picturegoer'' called it "fair entertainment"."Picturegoer's Guide." '' The Picturegoer''. London Vol. 4, Iss. 19, (Jul 1, 1922): 46a, 47a, 48a. Via Proquest.

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* {{IMDb title, id=tt0011674, title=Seeds of Vengeance 1920 films 1920 drama films Films directed by Oliver L. Sellers Silent American drama films 1920s American films