Love's Prisoner is a 1919

1919 in film

The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists...

 silent

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 crime drama film starring Olive Thomas

Olive Thomas

Olive Thomas was an American silent film actress and model. She is best remembered for her marriage to Jack Pickford and her death.-Early life:...

. Written by E. Magnus Ingleton, the film was directed by John Francis Dillion

John Francis Dillon (director)

John Francis Dillon was an American film director and actor of the silent era. He directed 130 films between 1914 and 1934...

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Plot

A poor girl named Nancy (Olive Thomas) leaves to take care of her two younger sisters, Sadie (Ann Kroman) and Jane (Dolly Dare), while their father (Walter Perry), who is a former criminal, is sent to prison for a crime which he has not committed and dies there. At that time Jonathan Twist, a quaint philosopher and their somewhat mysterious neighbor, offers their help and Nancy finds with of the help of him a job as a seller of Cocoa

Chocolate

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 Climax. Nancy marries with a British business man and peer Lord Cleveland, and she becomes Lady Cleveland. However, Lord Clevelend dies very soon, and Nancy hasn't enough income to keep up the estates of Lord Cleveland in England.

Cast

• Olive Thomas
  Olive Thomas
  Olive Thomas was an American silent film actress and model. She is best remembered for her marriage to Jack Pickford and her death.-Early life:...
  
   as Nancy
• Ann Kroman as Sadie
• Dolly Dare as Jane
• Walter Perry as Nancy's father
• William V. Mong
  William V. Mong
  William V. Mong was an American film actor, screenwriter and director. He appeared in 195 films between 1910 and 1939.He was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and died in Studio City, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
   as Jonathan Twist
• Harvey Clark
  Harvey Clark (actor)
  Harvey Clark was an American actor on stage and screen. He appeared in 198 films between 1915 and 1938.He was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack....
  
   as Lord Cleveland
• Louis Durham as Shorty Dogan

External links

• Love's Prisoner at the silentsaregolden.com
• lantern slide plate to Love's Prisoner