Love Watches

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Love Watches
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Still with Griffith and Vane
Directed by Henry Houry
Written by Graham Baker
Based onL'amour veille
by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers
Produced by Albert E. Smith
Starring Corinne Griffith
CinematographyArthur Ross
Distributed by Vitagraph Company of America
Release date
July 15, 1918
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Love Watches is a lost [1] 1918 American silent feature comedy-drama film directed by Henry Houry and starring Corinne Griffith. It was produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. [2] A Broadway play produced by Charles Frohman starred Billie Burke in 1908. [3]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, [4] although her aunt had planned that Jacqueline Cartaret (Griffith) would marry the bookworm Ernest Augarde (Vane), Jacqueline loves Andre de Juvigny (Burns) and they are eventually married. But Andre previously had a flirtation with Lucia de Morfontaine (Deshon), and when Jacqueline hears of this she makes Andre promise never to see Lucia again. When Lucia calls on Andre when Jacqueline is out, Jacqueline, angered, decides to pay him back and starts a flirtation with Ernest, which arouses the jealousy of his lady secretary. However, Andre is confident of Jacqueline's consistency, and when Ernest learns that the woman he loved has used him as a dupe, he readily turns to his secretary for consolation.

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References

  1. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Love Watches
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Love Watches
  3. Love Watches produced on Broadway, Lyceum Theatre, August 1908-January 1909, 172 performances; IBDb.com
  4. "Reviews: Love Watches". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 7 (6): 31. August 3, 1918.