Withering Roses

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{{Infobox film

| name = Withering Roses

| director = Harry A. Pollard

| starring = Margarita Fischer
Harry A. Pollard

| studio = American Film Manufacturing Company

| released = {{Film date|1914|01|14}}

}}Withering Roses is a 1914 American silent film directed by Harry A. Pollard. It stars Margarita Fischer and Pollard.

It is a lost film.{{Cite book|last=Romain|first=Theresa St|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zLG0nI2ZYoEC&dq=%22withering+roses%22+1914&pg=PA55|title=Margarita Fischer: A Biography of the Silent Film Star|date=2008|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-3552-4|language=en}}

In addition to Pollard and Fischer, the cast included Joseph Harrisk, Adelaide Bronti, Kathie Discher, and Fred Gamble.{{cite news |title=Withering Roses |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52356040/withering-roses/ |access-date=May 29, 2020 |work=The South Bend Tribune |date=January 31, 1934 |location=Indiana, South Bend |page=9|via = Newspapers.com}}

Reception

Pictures and the Picturegoer called it "a 'beauty' film which strikes an entirely new note in film production."{{Cite news|date=1914-03-28|title=Withering Roses|page=137|work=Pictures and the Picturegoer|via=Proquest}} The Moving Picture World said "it fails to convince as a picture of life, but as a fairy tale it will get by and perhaps please many."{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UEs_AAAAYAAJ&q=withering+roses|title=The Moving Picture World|date=1914|publisher=Chalmers Publishing Company|language=en}}

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