Married Love (film)

{{short description|1923 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Married Love

| image =

| caption =

| director = Alexander Butler

| producer = G.B. Samuelson

| writer = Marie Stopes
Walter Summers

| starring = Lillian Hall-Davis
Rex Davis
Sydney Fairbrother
Sam Livesey

| music =

| cinematography = Sydney Blythe

| editing =

| studio = Napoleon Films

| distributor = Napoleon Films

| released = {{Film date|1923|05}}

| runtime = 6,200 feetLow p.408-409

| country = United Kingdom

| language = Silent
English intertitles

| budget =

}}

Married Love is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Rex Davis and Sydney Fairbrother. It was also known by the alternative titles Married Life and Maisie's Marriage. The film was loosely based on the 1918 non-fiction book Married Love by Marie Stopes.{{Cite book |last=Low |first=Rachael |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofbritish0000lowr_l4h8/page/62/mode/2up?q=%22Married+Life%22+%22Georges+Tr%C3%A9ville%22 |title=The history of the British film |date=1948 |publisher=London : George Allen & Unwin LTD |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-04-791021-0}}

Cast

Production

The film may have had encountered issues with the British Board of film, as reports Rachael Low, who also indicates t written by Marie Stopes with Walter Summers and originally entitled Married Love, after her book, but subsequently changed first to Maisie’s Marriage".{{Cite book |last=Low |first=Rachael |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofbritish0000lowr_l4h8/page/62/mode/2up?q=%22Married+Life%22+%22Georges+Tr%C3%A9ville%22 |title=The history of the British film |date=1948 |publisher=London : George Allen & Unwin LTD |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-04-791021-0 |pages=62}} It was released as Married Life in May 1923.

References

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.