The Love Mask

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The Love Mask
Directed by Frank Reicher
Screenplay by Cecil B. DeMille
Jeanie MacPherson
Produced by Jesse L. Lasky
Starring Cleo Ridgely
Wallace Reid
Cinematography Walter Stradling
Production
company
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • April 13, 1916 (1916-04-13)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Love Mask is a 1916 American drama silent film directed by Frank Reicher and written by Cecil B. DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson. The film stars Cleo Ridgely, Wallace Reid, Earle Foxe, Bob Fleming, Dorothy Abril and Lucien Littlefield. The film was released on April 13, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. [1]

Contents

Location shooting for the film was done in the Mojave Desert. [2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine, [3] Kate Kenner (Ridgely) has her claim to a gold mine jumped and both the sheriff (Reid) and a bandit try to help her. Inspired by the bandit, Kate masquerades as a bandit herself to reclaim her mine. She finds herself unfit for the work and is arrested. To make matter worse, Kate is mistaken for a famous bandit known as "Silver Spurs." While Kate is being tried for her banditry, the real Silver Spurs (Foxe) launches a heist.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of The Love Mask located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film. [4] In October of 2019, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list. [2]

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References

  1. "The Love Mask (1916) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "The Love Mask". afi.com. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  3. "Players' Personalities and Lightings Save Hackneyed Theme". Wid's Daily. New York City: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 517 April 20, 1916.
  4. "American Silent Feature Film Database: The Love Mask". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 30, 2024.