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
- Lillian Hall-Davis as Maisie Burrows
- Rex Davis as Dick Reading
- Sydney Fairbrother as Mrs. Burrows
- Sam Livesey as Mr. Burrows
- Roger Livesey as Henry Burrows
- Mary Brough as Mrs. Reading
- Bert Darley as Mr. Sterling
- Gladys Harvey as Mrs. Sterling
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.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0245265|Married Love}}
- [https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-maisies-marriage-1923-online Maisie's Marriage] at BFI Player.
{{Alexander Butler}}
Category:British silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Alexander Butler
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Silent British drama films
Category:English-language drama films
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