The Love Flower

The Love Flower
Newspaper ad for The Love Flower
Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Produced by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	D. W. Griffith
Based on	“Black Beach” (story) by Ralph Stock
Starring	Carol Dempster Richard Barthelmess
Cinematography	G. W. Bitzer Paul H. Allen
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	August 22, 1920 (1920-08-22) (New York City) September 5, 1920 (1920-09-05) (U.S.)
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)
Budget	$300,000^[1]

The Love Flower is a 1920 American silent drama film produced by D. W. Griffith and released through the then nascent United Artist company of which Griffith was a founding partner.^[2]^[3]

Cast

Richard Barthelmess as Bruce Sanders
Carol Dempster as Stella Bevan
George MacQuarrie as Stella's father
Anders Randolf as Matthew Crane
Florence Short as Mrs. Bevan
Crauford Kent as her visitor
Adolph Lestina as Bevan's old servant
William James as Crane's assistant
Jack Manning as Crane's assistant

Production

Carol Dempster in The Love Flower

Griffith filmed The Love Flower simultaneously with The Idol Dancer (1920) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Nassau, Bahamas, in December 1919 to fulfill a contract with First National Pictures,^[4] but after previewing the film on 2 April 1920 before the American Newspaper Publishers Association in New York, he purchased the rights to The Love Flower for $400,000.^[2] Additional underwater footage of Dempster was shot in Florida along with scenes of her and MacQuarrie against a black background. The reedited film was then released by United Artists.

References

↑ Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-299-23004-3.
1 2 Progressive Silent Film List: The Love Flower at silentera.com
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
↑ Wagenknecht, Edward (2014). The Movies in the Age of Innocence (3 ed.). McFarland. pp. 86–87. ISBN 1-476-61764-3.

External links

Media related to The Love Flower at Wikimedia Commons

The Love Flower at the Internet Movie Database
The Love Flower at AllMovie
The Love Flower at Virtual History
Southseascinema.org
The Love Flower available for free download at Internet Archive
DVD availability at Grapevine Video and Oldies.com

Films directed by D. W. Griffith

1908–1913	Hundreds – see complete D. W. Griffith filmography

1914–1916	Waifs The Massacre Judith of Bethulia Battle of the Sexes (lost) Brute Force Home, Sweet Home The Escape (lost) The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' The Birth of a Nation A Day with Governor Whitman Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1917–1919	A Liberty Bond Appeal (lost) Hearts of the World The Great Love (lost) Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (lost) The World of Columbus The Greatest Thing in Life (lost) A Romance of Happy Valley The Girl Who Stayed at Home Broken Blossoms True Heart Susie The Fall of Babylon The Mother and the Law Scarlet Days The Greatest Question

1920–1931	The Idol Dancer Remodeling Her Husband The Love Flower Way Down East Dream Street Orphans of the Storm One Exciting Night Mammy's Boy The White Rose America Isn't Life Wonderful Sally of the Sawdust That Royle Girl The Sorrows of Satan Topsy and Eva Drums of Love The Battle of the Sexes Lady of the Pavements Abraham Lincoln The Struggle

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