Made for Love (film)

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Made for Love
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Directed by Paul Sloane
Written by Garrett Fort (story, scenario)
Produced byCinema Corporation of America (Cecil B. DeMille)
Starring Leatrice Joy
Edmund Burns
Cinematography Arthur C. Miller
Distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • February 14, 1926 (1926-02-14)
Running time
65 minutes; 7 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Made for Love is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Paul Sloane, produced by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Leatrice Joy. [1] [2]

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Plot

Made for Love (1926)

As described in a film magazine review, [3] Nicholas Ainsworth is a young American archaeologist working in Egypt who neglects his wife Joan for his work, in which he is assisted by Lady Diana Trent, a titled Englishwoman. His wife resents her husband’s attitude and, after a number of adventures, accepts the attentions of a native prince. For revenge of what he considers to be an affront to his family, the prince plots to dynamite a tomb while the scientist is working in it. The neglected wife rides to warn her husband of the danger. Both are trapped by the explosion. The prince is killed by a falling rock, and the scientist and his wife are finally rescued and reconciled.

Cast

Production

In the first reel, the introduction of Joan (Leatrice Joy) is accompanied by a closeup with her new hair style. Joy had impulsively cut her hair short in 1926, and DeMille, whom Joy had followed when he set up Producers Distributing Corporation, was publicly angry as it prevented her from portraying traditional feminine roles. [4] The studio developed projects with roles suitable for her “Leatrice Joy bob”, [4] and Made for Love was the first of five films before she regrew her hair. Despite this, a professional dispute would end the Joy / Demille partnership in 1928.

Preservation

A copy of Made for Love is preserved film at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Made for Love
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Made for Love at silentera.com
  3. ↑ "New Pictures: Made for Love". Exhibitors Herald. 24 (7). Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co.: 67 January 30, 1926. Retrieved March 10, 2023.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. 1 2 Johanna, Schmertz (2013), "The Leatrice Joy Bob: The Clinging Vine and Gender's Cutting Edge", in Dall’Asta, Monica; Duckett, Victoria; Tralli, Lucia (eds.), Researching Women in Silent Cinema: New Findings and Perspectives , University of Bologna, pp. 402–13, ISBN   978-8-8980-1010-3, ISSN   2283-6462
  5. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Made for Love


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