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Guilty of Love (film)

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Guilty of Love
Contemporary advertisement
Directed byHarley Knoles
Screenplay byRosina Henley
Based onThis Woman — This Man
by Avery Hopwood[1]
Produced byAdolph Zukor
StarringDorothy Dalton
Julia Hurley
Henry Carvill
CinematographyPhilip Hatkin
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 22, 1920 (1920-08-22)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Guilty of Love is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and written by Rosina Henley who adapted the play by Avery Hopwood. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Julia Hurley, Henry Carvill, Augusta Anderson, Edward Langford, and Charles Lane. The film was released on August 22, 1920, by Paramount Pictures.[2][3]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine,[4] Thelma Miller (Dalton) becomes the governess in the Florida home of Goddard Townsend (Lane) and is met, loved, betrayed, and deserted by Norris Townsend (Langford), the uncle of the children. Learning that there is to be a child, Norris expects to marry Thelma, but the interference of his father and sister persuade him to approach Thelma with an offer to buy her off. She forces the marriage at the point of a gun and then leaves Florida. Five years later the repentant Norris ends a five-year search when he finds the mother and child in a western town. For the sake of her son Thelma agrees to return to the Florida home, but only as the mother of the child. After a near accident involves the son, Thelma and Norris are reunited in the tenderness of their first love.

Cast

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Preservation

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With no copies located in any film archives,[5] Guilty of Love is a lost film.

References

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  1. ^ This Woman and This Man on Broadway at Maxine Elliott's Theatre February 22, 1909 to March 1909[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Guilty of Love". silentera.com. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  3. ^ "Guilty of Love". afi.com. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  4. ^ "Reviews: Guilty of Love". Exhibitors Herald. 11 (12). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 88. September 18, 1920.
  5. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Guilty of Love
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