Wildflower (1914 film)

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Wildflower
Wildflower - 1914.jpg
1914 lobby poster
Directed by Allan Dwan
Written byAllan Dwan (scenario)
Eve Unsell (scenario)
Story byMary Germaine
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Daniel Frohman
Starring Marguerite Clark
Harold Lockwood
Jack Pickford
Cinematography Henry Lyman Broening
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • October 15, 1914 (1914-10-15)
Running time
4 reels; 4,163 feet
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Wildflower was a 1914 American silent romantic drama film produced by Adolph Zukor and directed by Allan Dwan. It stars stage actress Marguerite Clark in her first motion picture. Clark would be one of the few stage stars to go on to superstardom in silent pictures. [1] The film is now presumed lost. [2]

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References

  1. Wildflower at silentera.com database
  2. Nunn, Curtis (1981). Marguerite Clark, America's Darling of Broadway and the Silent Screen . TCU Press. p. VII. lost film.