The Love Mart
| The Love Mart | |
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| Directed by | George Fitzmaurice |
| Written by | Edward Childs Carpenter (novel) Benjamin Glazer (screenplay) Edwin Justus Mayer (intertitles) |
| Starring | Billie Dove Gilbert Roland Noah Beery Boris Karloff |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
| Edited by | Stuart Heisler |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Love Mart is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice starring Billie Dove, Gilbert Roland and Noah Beery, and featuring Boris Karloff. The script was adapted from a novel called "The Code of Victor Jallot" by Edward Childs Carpenter. It was released in some foreign countries as Slavinnan. The film is considered lost.[1][2][3]
Plot
[edit] | This article needs a plot summary. (December 2023) |
Cast
[edit]- Billie Dove as Antoinette Frobelle
- Gilbert Roland as Victor Jallot
- Ray Turner as Poupet (as Raymond Turner)
- Noah Beery as Captain Remy
- Armand Kaliz as Jean Delicado
- Emile Chautard as Louis Frobelle
- Boris Karloff as Fleming
- Mattie Peters as Caresse
Production
[edit]This film had the original title of Louisiana, as surviving publicity materials indicate; it was First National Pictures' production #103.[4]
Survival status
[edit]No copies of The Love Mart are currently known to exist. However, the Library of Congress has preserved some footage related to the production featuring Billie Dove. The purpose of the footage appears to have been to test some of Dove's hairstyles for the film. Still frames taken from this 'Hair Test' were posted on internet forums in February 2012.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Love Mart". silentera.com. Retrieved April 13, 2008.
- ↑ Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files First National Pictures
- ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Love Mart". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on April 30, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- ↑ Silent Film Stills Archive
- ↑ Nitrateville
External links
[edit]
- The Love Mart at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Love Mart at IMDb
- The Love Mart at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
- Stills at silentfilmstillarchive.com
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