Love Is an Awful Thing
{{short description|1922 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Love Is an Awful Thing
| image = Love Is an Awful Thing (1922) - 1.jpg
| caption = Film still
| director = Victor Heerman
| producer = Lewis J. Selznick
| writer = Victor Heerman
| narrator =
| starring = Owen Moore
Marjorie Daw
Katherine Perry
| music =
| cinematography = Jules Cronjager
| editing =
| studio = Selznick Pictures
| distributor = Selznick Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1922|08|30}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Love Is an Awful Thing is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Victor Heerman and starring Owen Moore, Marjorie Daw, and Katherine Perry.Munden p. 457[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/L/LoveIsAnAwfulThing1922.html Progressive Silent Film List: Love Is an Awful Thing] at silentera.com
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |title=Tried and Proved Pictures: Love Is an Awful Thing |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume=15 |issue=9 |page=37 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=19 January 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibit00newy/page/n566/mode/1up |accessdate=5 July 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} Anthony Churchill is to marry Helen after six months probation to convince her father Judge Griggs that he is a proper young man when Marion turns up some of Anthony's old love letters. To put her off, Anthony assumes the role of a married man with six children, but Marion discovers the hoax. Helen runs into a scene with Anthony with his made-up family. Complications ensue and it appears that the marriage will be wrecked when it is discovered that Marion is married to her attorney and the two were involved in hatching a blackmail scheme. This discovery proves removes all difficulties and paves the way to a happy, wedded ending.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Owen Moore as Anthony Churchill
- Tom Guise as Judge Griggs
- Marjorie Daw as Helen Griggs
- Katherine Perry as Ruth Allen
- Arthur Hoyt as Harold Wright
- Douglas Carter as Porter
- Charlotte Mineau as Marion
- Snitz Edwards as Superintendent
- Alice Howell as Superintendent's wife
- Maxine Tabnac as Child (uncredited)
- Walter Wilkinson as Child (uncredited)
}}
References
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Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
{{commons category|Love Is an Awful Thing}}
- {{IMDb title|0013334}}
{{Victor Heerman}}
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Silent American comedy films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Victor Heerman
Category:Selznick Pictures films
Category:English-language comedy films
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