Love Is an Awful Thing

Love Is an Awful Thing
Love Is an Awful Thing
	Film still
Directed by	Victor Heerman
Written by	Victor Heerman
Produced by	Lewis J. Selznick
Starring	Owen Moore ; Marjorie Daw ; Katherine Perry
Cinematography	Jules Cronjager
Production; company	Selznick Pictures
Distributed by	Selznick Pictures
Release date	August 30, 1922;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated October 27, 2025

Love Is an Awful Thing is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Victor Heerman and starring Owen Moore, Marjorie Daw, and Katherine Perry.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Anthony Churchill is to marry Helen after six months probation to convince her father Judge Griggs that he is a proper young man when Marion turns up some of Anthony's old love letters. To put her off, Anthony assumes the role of a married man with six children, but Marion discovers the hoax. Helen runs into a scene with Anthony with his made-up family. Complications ensue and it appears that the marriage will be wrecked when it is discovered that Marion is married to her attorney and the two were involved in hatching a blackmail scheme. This discovery proves removes all difficulties and paves the way to a happy, wedded ending.

Cast

Owen Moore as Anthony Churchill
Tom Guise as Judge Griggs
Marjorie Daw as Helen Griggs
Katherine Perry as Ruth Allen
Arthur Hoyt as Harold Wright
Douglas Carter as Porter
Charlotte Mineau as Marion
Snitz Edwards as Superintendent
Alice Howell as Superintendent's wife
Maxine Tabnac as Child (uncredited)
Walter Wilkinson as Child (uncredited)

References

↑ Munden p. 457
↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Love Is an Awful Thing at silentera.com
↑ "Tried and Proved Pictures: Love Is an Awful Thing". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (9). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 37. January 19, 1924. Retrieved July 5, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

Love Is an Awful Thing at IMDb

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[1] Munden p. 457

[2] Progressive Silent Film List: Love Is an Awful Thing at silentera.com

[3] "Tried and Proved Pictures: Love Is an Awful Thing". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (9). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 37. January 19, 1924. Retrieved July 5, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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