Seeds of Vengeance is an American film released in 1920. It was directed by Ollie Sellers. It was an adaptation of Margaret Prescott's The Sowing of Alderson Cree. [1] The film starred Bernard Durning. It was a C. R. Macauley Photoplay.
It was a 5-reel film [2] was produced by Select Pictures. [3]
Sada Cowan wrote the scenario. [4]
The film is one of at least three Sellers directed with Durning as an actor.
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Marion Russell in The Billboard wrote, "Amazingly beautiful photography marks the high lights of this picture, seconded by realistic acting in which character types predominate. Eugenie Besserer gives a stunning performance of a distraught mother. Two charmingly wistful impersonations are contributed by Pauline Starke and Gloria Hope as the youthful heroines. Mr. Macauley is to be congratulated upon a tense, dramatic picture, which grips despite the basic idea is one of hate and vengeance". [5]
The Picturegoer called it "fair entertainment". [6]
James Oliver Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books were often based on adventures set in the Hudson Bay area, the Yukon or Alaska and ranked among the top-ten best sellers in the United States in the early and mid 1920s, according to Publishers Weekly. At least one hundred and eighty motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories; one was produced in three versions from 1919 to 1953. At the time of his death, Curwood was the highest paid author in the world.
John Lund was an American film, stage, and radio actor who is probably best remembered for his role in the film A Foreign Affair (1948) and a dual role in To Each His Own (1946).
Pauline Starke was an American silent-film actress.
Marie Pauline Garon was a Canadian silent film, feature film, and stage actress.
"The Sheik of Araby" is a song that was written in 1921 by Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler, with music by Ted Snyder. It was composed in response to the popularity of the Rudolph Valentino feature film The Sheik.
Eugenie Besserer was an American actress who starred in silent films and features of the early sound motion-picture era, beginning in 1910. Her most prominent role is that of the title character's mother in the first talkie film, The Jazz Singer.
Anna Christie is a 1923 American silent drama film based on the 1921 play by Eugene O'Neill and starring Blanche Sweet and William Russell.
Dust Be My Destiny is a 1939 American drama film starring John Garfield as a man who gets into trouble after being sentenced to a work farm.
Dorothy West was an American stage and film actress and radio performer.
Bernard Joseph Durning was an American silent film director and actor who worked primarily with Lon Chaney, Dustin Farnum, and Buck Jones.
Ruth Godfrey was an American film actress, best known for her work in several Three Stooges shorts. She also worked under the name of Ruth Godfrey White.
The Gift Supreme is a 1920 American silent drama film starring Bernard Durning, Seena Owen, Lon Chaney and Tully Marshall. The film was directed by Ollie Sellers and based on the 1916 novel of the same name by George Allan England. Most sources do not state who wrote the screenplay, although it was probably written by Ollie Sellers. The assistant director was Justin McKlosky. The supporting cast includes Melbourne MacDowell, Eugenie Besserer, Jack Curtis, Anna Dodge and Claire McDowell. Some sources state the film was released on April 12, 1920, but the majority say May 9.
Charles Raymond Macauley was an American cartoonist and illustrator. He was also involved in the film business.
The Scoffer is a surviving 1920 American silent drama film produced and directed by Allan Dwan and starring Mary Thurman. It was released through Associated First National Pictures.
Percy Challenger was a film and theater actor in the United States. He appeared in dozens of films.
Ollie L. Sellers was an American film director. Before becoming a director he was a production manager at Triangle Film Corporation. He worked with Gloria Swanson. He wrote the screenplay adapted from a novel and directed the 1920 film The Gift Supreme.
Robert Broderick was an American actor in silent films and "light opera". He starred in Arizona.
Dolores Rousse was an American film actress who performed under the name Gloria Roy later in her career.
Adolph Lestina was an American stage and film actor who was a member of D. W. Griffith's stock company of film actors.
Eugene Strong was an American film actor and vaudevillian.
