Guilty of Love (film)

Guilty of Love
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Directed by	Harley Knoles
Screenplay by	Rosina Henley
Based on	This Woman — This Man by Avery Hopwood[1]
Produced by	Adolph Zukor
Starring	Dorothy Dalton Julia Hurley Henry Carvill
Cinematography	Philip Hatkin
Production company	Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 22, 1920 (1920-08-22)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Guilty of Love is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and written by Rosina Henley who adapted the play by Avery Hopwood. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Julia Hurley, Henry Carvill, Augusta Anderson, Edward Langford, and Charles Lane. The film was released on August 22, 1920, by Paramount Pictures.^[2][3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] Thelma Miller (Dalton) becomes the governess in the Florida home of Goddard Townsend (Lane) and is met, loved, betrayed, and deserted by Norris Townsend (Langford), the uncle of the children. Learning that there is to be a child, Norris expects to marry Thelma, but the interference of his father and sister persuade him to approach Thelma with an offer to buy her off. She forces the marriage at the point of a gun and then leaves Florida. Five years later the repentant Norris ends a five-year search when he finds the mother and child in a western town. For the sake of her son Thelma agrees to return to the Florida home, but only as the mother of the child. After a near accident involves the son, Thelma and Norris are reunited in the tenderness of their first love.

Cast

• Dorothy Dalton as Thelma Miller
• Julia Hurley as Aunt Martha
• Henry Carvill as Dr. Wentworth
• Augusta Anderson as Mrs. Watkins
• Edward Langford as Norris Townsend
• Charles Lane as Goddard Townsend
• Douglas Redmond as David
• Ivy Ward as Mary
• Lawrence Johnson as Bob

Preservation

With no copies located in any film archives,^[5] Guilty of Love is a lost film.

References

1. This Woman and This Man on Broadway at Maxine Elliott's Theatre February 22, 1909 to March 1909^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "Guilty of Love". silentera.com. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
3. "Guilty of Love". afi.com. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
4. "Reviews: Guilty of Love". Exhibitors Herald. 11 (12). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 88. September 18, 1920.
5. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Guilty of Love

External links

• Guilty of Love at IMDb