The Love Light (1921)
Melodrama | 9 January 1921
Cast:
Mary Pickford, Evelyn Dumo, Fred Thomson [ More ]Director:
Frances MarionWriter:
Frances MarionCinematographers:
Henry Cronjager, Charles RosherProduction Designer:
Stephen GoossonProduction Company:
Mary Pickford ProductionsAccording to the 25 Dec 1920 Moving Picture World, The Love Light marked the directorial debut of scenario writer Frances Marion, who frequently collaborated with Mary Pickford. The two reportedly devised the plot while vacationing in Europe, where Pickford also selected a cast of mostly unknown actors. The 1 Jan 1921 Moving Picture World stated that all performers were required to speak Italian, which Pickford felt would “[add] to the expressiveness of the pantomime.” Although the story is set in Italy, the European actors were transported to Hollywood, CA, for filming.
A 29 Jan 1921 Moving Picture World article stated that The Washington Times sponsored special screenings of The Love Light during the week of 24 Jan 1921 at the Loew’s Palace Theatre in Washington, D.C., for orphaned, poor, and homeless children of the community.
The 5 Mar 1921 Motion Picture News announced that the film had been named one of the year’s most “Exceptional Photoplays” by the National Board of Review.
Although his participation could not be confirmed, a 2 Apr 1921 Wid’s Daily item suggested that director and editor Nat C. Deverich worked on the film. ...
According to the 25 Dec 1920 Moving Picture World, The Love Light marked the directorial debut of scenario writer Frances Marion, who frequently collaborated with Mary Pickford. The two reportedly devised the plot while vacationing in Europe, where Pickford also selected a cast of mostly unknown actors. The 1 Jan 1921 Moving Picture World stated that all performers were required to speak Italian, which Pickford felt would “[add] to the expressiveness of the pantomime.” Although the story is set in Italy, the European actors were transported to Hollywood, CA, for filming.
A 29 Jan 1921 Moving Picture World article stated that The Washington Times sponsored special screenings of The Love Light during the week of 24 Jan 1921 at the Loew’s Palace Theatre in Washington, D.C., for orphaned, poor, and homeless children of the community.
The 5 Mar 1921 Motion Picture News announced that the film had been named one of the year’s most “Exceptional Photoplays” by the National Board of Review.
Although his participation could not be confirmed, a 2 Apr 1921 Wid’s Daily item suggested that director and editor Nat C. Deverich worked on the film.
Angela, who tends the lighthouse in an Italian fishing village while her two brothers, Antonio and Mario, are fighting at the front, finds a foreign sailor washed ashore who pretends to be an American. Angela cares for him, and they fall in love and are secretly married. In aiding his escape, she realizes she has helped a German spy and caused her brother's death, but the stranger falls to his death over a cliff. A child is born to Angela and, temporarily deranged when her sweetheart Giovanni returns blind from the war, she gives the baby to Maria, who has lost her own child. Maria is drowned in a storm, but Angela rescues her child and finds happiness with ...
Angela, who tends the lighthouse in an Italian fishing village while her two brothers, Antonio and Mario, are fighting at the front, finds a foreign sailor washed ashore who pretends to be an American. Angela cares for him, and they fall in love and are secretly married. In aiding his escape, she realizes she has helped a German spy and caused her brother's death, but the stranger falls to his death over a cliff. A child is born to Angela and, temporarily deranged when her sweetheart Giovanni returns blind from the war, she gives the baby to Maria, who has lost her own child. Maria is drowned in a storm, but Angela rescues her child and finds happiness with Giovanni.
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