The Greatest Love (1920 film)

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The Greatest Love
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Directed by Henry Kolker
Written by Eddie Dowling
Edward J. Montagne
Produced by Lewis J. Selznick
Harry Rapf
Starring Vera Gordon
Bertram Marburgh
Sally Crute
Cinematography Jules Cronjager
Alfred Gandolfi
Phil Rosen
Production
company
Distributed bySelect Pictures
Release date
December 1920
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Greatest Love is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Henry Kolker and starring Vera Gordon, Bertram Marburgh and Sally Crute. The film follows the fortunes of an Italian immigrant family the Latinis who arrive in New York around the turn of the century. It built on Gordon's previous role as a long-suffering Jewish mother in Humoresque . [1]

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References

  1. Erens p.79

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