The Love Mart

The Love Mart
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Directed by	George Fitzmaurice
Written by	Edward Childs Carpenter Benjamin Glazer Edwin Justus Mayer
Starring	Billie Dove Gilbert Roland Noah Beery
Cinematography	Lee Garmes
Edited by	Stuart Heisler
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	December 18, 1927 (1927-12-18)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Love Mart is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice starring Billie Dove, Gilbert Roland and Noah Beery, and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is lost. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Cast

• Billie Dove as Antoinette Frobelle
• Gilbert Roland as Victor Jallot
• Ray Turner as Poupet (as Raymond Turner)
• Noah Beery as Captain Remy
• Armand Kaliz as Jean Delicado
• Emile Chautard as Louis Frobelle
• Boris Karloff as Fleming
• Mattie Peters as Caresse

Production

This film had the original title of Louisiana, as surviving publicity materials indicate; it was First National Pictures' production #103. ^[4]

Survival status

No copies of The Love Mart are currently known to exist. However, the Library of Congress has preserved some footage related to the production featuring Billie Dove. The purpose of the footage appears to have been to test some of Dove's hairstyles for the film. Still frames taken from this 'Hair Test' were posted on internet forums in February 2012. ^[5]

See also

• Boris Karloff filmography

References

1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Love Mart". silentera.com. Retrieved April 13, 2008.
2. Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files First National Pictures
3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Love Mart
4. Silent Film Stills Archive
5. Nitrateville

External links

• The Love Mart at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• The Love Mart at IMDb
• The Love Mart at the TCM Movie Database
• Stills at silentfilmstillarchive.com