The Great Adventure (1918 film)
1918 silent film by Alice Guy-Blaché
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The Great Adventure, also known as Her Great Adventure[8] and Spring of the Year[9] is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama[10] film directed by Alice Guy-Blaché, and starring Bessie Love.
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| Directed by | Alice Guy-Blaché |
| Screenplay by | Agnes Christine Johnston[1] |
| Based on | [2][3][4] |
| Starring | Bessie Love |
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| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The film is preserved at the BFI National Archive.[11]
Production
The film was made at Solax Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey.[12][13]
Plot
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Rags has found local success and acclaim in her small town as an actress, but dreams of stardom on Broadway. She and her aunt go to New York, where she unsuccessfully looks for work in a Broadway chorus. On the advice of Billy Blake, she holds up the producer of a Broadway show to get a job. The lead actor in the show, Sheen, likes Rags, but when they go on a date together, he struggles to ride a horse, paddle a canoe, or swim. Embarrassed, he leaves the Broadway show, allowing Billy to take over the male lead and Rags to take over the female lead.[1][14][15][16][17]
Cast
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- Bessie Love as Ragna "Rags" Jansen
- Flora Finch as Aunt
- Chester Barnett as Billy Blake
- Donald Hall as Sheen
- Florence Short as Hazel Lee
- Walter Craven
- Jack Dunn[2][18]
Reception
Love received good reviews for her performance, called "likable",[18] but the film itself did not.[19][20] It was said that the plot "stretches the imagination of the spectator,"[14] with another blaming director Guy-Blaché directly for poorly adapting the source material.[1] Despite the film's critical reception, it was commercially successful.[21]
