AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

The Gift Supreme (1920)

Drama | April 1920

Cast:

Bernard Durning, Seena Owen, Melbourne McDowell [ More ]

Director:

Ollie L. Sellers

Cinematographer:

Jack MacKenzie

Production Company:

C. R. Macauley Photoplays, Inc.
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HISTORY

Some sources credit actor Richard Morris as Dick Morris. ...

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SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
ETR
1 May 1920
p. 2518
MPN
1 May 1920
p. 3899
MPW
17 Apr 1920
p. 335
MPW
7 Mar 1920
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Variety
23 Apr 1920
p. 44
Wid's
9 May 1920
p. 27
DETAILS
Release Date:
April 1920
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
C. R. Macauley Photoplays, Inc.
30 March 1920
LU14996
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in reels):
6
Country:
United States
SYNOPSIS

To gather material for a novel, Bradford Vinton, the son of wealthy Eliot Vinton, foresakes his life of luxury to experience life in the London slums where he meets and falls in love with mission singer Sylvia Alden. Upon hearing of Brad's romance, Eliot threatens to disown his son, and to further insure that Brad will never have Sylvia, frames the girl with false charges of prostitution. Sylvia, ashamed, disappears, but Brad remains true. Disowned by his father, Brad establishes a cheap restaurant for the poor where Stagg, the crook who framed Sylvia, stabs him. His life in danger, Brad is rushed to the hospital where Sylvia, now a nurse, offers to give her blood to save his life. When Eliot learns of the girl's devotion, all is forgiven, and the young lovers are ...

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To gather material for a novel, Bradford Vinton, the son of wealthy Eliot Vinton, foresakes his life of luxury to experience life in the London slums where he meets and falls in love with mission singer Sylvia Alden. Upon hearing of Brad's romance, Eliot threatens to disown his son, and to further insure that Brad will never have Sylvia, frames the girl with false charges of prostitution. Sylvia, ashamed, disappears, but Brad remains true. Disowned by his father, Brad establishes a cheap restaurant for the poor where Stagg, the crook who framed Sylvia, stabs him. His life in danger, Brad is rushed to the hospital where Sylvia, now a nurse, offers to give her blood to save his life. When Eliot learns of the girl's devotion, all is forgiven, and the young lovers are reunited.

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