Deserted at the Altar (1922)
Melodrama | 1 December 1922
Director:
William K. HowardWriters:
Grace Miller White, Pierce KingsleyCinematographers:
John Meigle, Glen MacWilliamsProduction Company:
Phil Goldstone ProductionsAn item in the 10 June 1922 Camera announced that Max Abramson was hired to write the titles. Casting announcements later that month and in early July 1922 indicated that filming began around that time. According to a studio chart in the 29 Jul 1922 Camera, Deserted at the Altar was one of three Phil Goldstone Productions films currently being edited. Goldstone's offices were at 1441 Beachwood Drive, part of Horsley Studio at 6050 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, CA.
Prior to the film’s 1 December 1922 opening, a premiere occurred at the Broadway Theatre in New York City on 25 September 1922.
Geraldine Waggle, Jack McHugh, and Harry Dunkinson were named as cast members in the 29 July 1922 Camera, 19 August 1922 Motion Picture News, and 10 September 1922 [Butte, MT] Butte Miner, respectively.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant. ...
An item in the 10 June 1922 Camera announced that Max Abramson was hired to write the titles. Casting announcements later that month and in early July 1922 indicated that filming began around that time. According to a studio chart in the 29 Jul 1922 Camera, Deserted at the Altar was one of three Phil Goldstone Productions films currently being edited. Goldstone's offices were at 1441 Beachwood Drive, part of Horsley Studio at 6050 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, CA.
Prior to the film’s 1 December 1922 opening, a premiere occurred at the Broadway Theatre in New York City on 25 September 1922.
Geraldine Waggle, Jack McHugh, and Harry Dunkinson were named as cast members in the 29 July 1922 Camera, 19 August 1922 Motion Picture News, and 10 September 1922 [Butte, MT] Butte Miner, respectively.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant.
Anna Moore, a poor orphaned country girl, and her little brother, Tommy, live with hypocritical Squire Simpson, who conspires with his son to acquire the inheritance due the girl. When Bob Crandall comes from the city and the girl falls in love with him, the squire approves of the marriage. The ceremony is interrupted, however, by a strange woman who describes the bridegroom as the father of the baby in her arms. The girl goes home broken-hearted, and the townspeople rise against Bob, but the woman finally exonerates him and reveals the squire's nefarious ...
Anna Moore, a poor orphaned country girl, and her little brother, Tommy, live with hypocritical Squire Simpson, who conspires with his son to acquire the inheritance due the girl. When Bob Crandall comes from the city and the girl falls in love with him, the squire approves of the marriage. The ceremony is interrupted, however, by a strange woman who describes the bridegroom as the father of the baby in her arms. The girl goes home broken-hearted, and the townspeople rise against Bob, but the woman finally exonerates him and reveals the squire's nefarious scheme.
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