A Daughter of the Poor
{{short description|1917 silent film by Edward Dillon}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{infobox film
| name = A Daughter of the Poor
| image = Advertisement for A Daughter of the Poor.jpg
| alt = Black and white magazine advertisement showing an inset photo of a young woman
| caption = Magazine advertisement
| director = Edward Dillon
| producer =
| writer = Anita Loos
| starring = Bessie Love
| music =
| cinematography = Philip R. Du Bois
| editing =
| studio = Fine Arts Film Company
| distributor = Triangle Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1917|3|18|U.S.}}
| runtime = 5 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
A Daughter of the Poor is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film produced by Fine Arts Film Company and released by Triangle Film Corporation.{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/movpict31chal/page/n753|magazine=The Moving Picture World|date=March 24, 1917|publisher=Chalmers Publishing Company|page=1949|title=Reviews of Current Productions|last=Harrison|first=Louis Reeves|volume=31|issue=12}} The film was directed by Edward Dillon and starred young Bessie Love.[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/14501 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Daughter of the Poor]
Although incomplete, prints of the film survive at the George Eastman Museum.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1098/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Daughter of the Poor]{{cite web|url=https://collections.eastman.org/objects/59928/a-daughter-of-the-poor--incomplete?ctx=ce9fed45-daef-4bcb-9472-66b29e7f5078&idx=1|title=A Daughter of the Poor – [Incomplete] – 35 mm nitrate master positive|website=Eastman Museum}}{{cite web|url=https://collections.eastman.org/objects/59929/a-daughter-of-the-poor--incomplete?ctx=ce9fed45-daef-4bcb-9472-66b29e7f5078&idx=0|title=A Daughter of the Poor – [Incomplete]|website=Eastman Museum}}{{cite web|url=https://collections.eastman.org/objects/330285/a-daughter-of-the-poor--incomplete?ctx=ce9fed45-daef-4bcb-9472-66b29e7f5078&idx=2|title=A Daughter of the Poor – [Incomplete] – 35 mm polyester positive print|website=Eastman Museum}}
Plot
Despite her family's poverty, Rose (Love) generously helps a disabled child named Lola (Giraci). Her kindness attracts wealthy publisher Jack Stevens (Stewart), whose interest in Rose angers her boyfriend Creig (Beranger), a worker and radical writer.
When Rose's uncle is imprisoned, she appeals to Stevens' father James (Stockdale) for his release. Impressed by Rose, the elder Stevens learns about Lola and decides to adopt her. Creig follows Rose to the Stevens home and discovers they have published his radical treatise and want to pay him for his work.{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/variety46-1917-03/page/n219|page=24|title=Film Reviews|date=March 23, 1917|volume=46|issue=4|location=New York, NY|publisher=Variety Publishing Company|magazine=Variety}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltcNWzVEaEUC&pg=PA151|title=American Film Cycles: The Silent Era|first=Larry|last=Langman|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|date=1998|isbn=978-0-313-30657-0|issn=0742-6933}}{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gIuACgAAQBAJ&pg=PA215|page=215|chapter=The Filmography, 1917|title=Radicalism in American Silent Films, 1909–1929: A Filmography and History|first=Michael Slade|last=Shull|publisher=McFarland|date=September 3, 2015|isbn=978-1-4766-1103-7}}
Cast
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{{Cast listing|
- Bessie Love as Rose Eastman
- Max Davidson as Joe Eastman
- George Beranger as Rudolph Creig
- Carl Stockdale as James Stevens
- Roy Stewart as Jack Stevens
- Mae Giraci (as Tina Rossi) as Lola
- Carmel Myers as Hazel Fleming
}}
Production
In production, the film was known as The Doll Shop and The Spitfire.{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/motography17elec/page/312|volume=7|issue=6|magazine=Motography|page=312|title=Triangle Title Changed|date=February 10, 1917}}
Reception
Overall, the film received mixed reviews. One review deemed the production as "flawless" and declared Love's performance was "her best ... thus far." Variety noted issues with continuity. Another review said that the film was "not up to the Triangle standard."{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwxKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA54|last=Campbell|first=S.A.|magazine=Motography|page=54|volume=19|issue=2|title=What the Picture Did for Me|date=January 12, 1918}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{IMDb title|0007841}}
- {{AFI film|14501|A Daughter of the Poor}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a87c964 |title=A Daughter of the Poor |website=British Film Institute |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701095837/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a87c964 |archive-date=July 1, 2022}}
- [http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/bessie-love-daughter-poor-1917-glass-76088317 Lantern slide]
{{Anita Loos}}
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Category:1917 comedy-drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1910s English-language films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Films about activists
Category:Films directed by Edward Dillon
Category:Triangle Film Corporation films