Cupid Forecloses

1919 silent film by David Smith From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cupid Forecloses is a 1919 American silent comedy[4] film starring Bessie Love and Wallace MacDonald. It was directed by David Smith and produced by Vitagraph Studios. It was based on the popular novel Hurrying Fate and Geraldine by Florence Morse Kingsley. The film has been preserved at the British Film Institute and American Film Institute.[1][5]

Directed byDavid Smith
Written byStanley Olmstead
Edward J. Montagne[1]
Based onHurrying Fate and Geraldine (novel)
by Florence Morse Kingsley
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Cupid Forecloses
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Directed byDavid Smith
Written byStanley Olmstead
Edward J. Montagne[1]
Based onHurrying Fate and Geraldine (novel)
by Florence Morse Kingsley
StarringBessie Love
Wallace MacDonald
CinematographyClyde De Vinna[2]
Production
company
Release date
  • July 12, 1919 (1919-07-12) (U.S.)[1][3]
Running time
5 reels[3][4]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
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Unidentified actor and Bessie Love

Plot

Geraldine Farleigh (Love), a timid village schoolteacher, supports her family and must pay off her late father's debt to Bruce Cartwright. She falls in love with the man she believes is a lawyer representing Cartwright (MacDonald), who turns out to be Cartwright himself.[5][6]

Cast

Bessie Love as schoolteacher Geraldine Farleigh

References

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