Lovey Mary is a 1926

1926 in film

-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....

 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 directed by King Baggot

King Baggot

William King Baggot was an American actor, director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent era...

, based on the 1903 novel with the same name by Alice Hegan Rice

Alice Hegan Rice

Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, was an American novelist.Born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, she wrote over two dozen books, the most famous of which is Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. The book was a best seller in 1902 and is set in Louisville, Kentucky where she then lived...

. This story was the sequel to Rice's Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch and Lovey Mary is one of the characters from that earlier novel. The film is considered lost

Lost film

A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...

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Plot

Lovey Mary (Bessie Love) is a runaway from an orphanage who takes a little companion and finds a home with poor and kind Mrs. Wiggs (Mary Alden). As a plus, the cheerful young girl also meets Mrs. Wiggs eldest son, Billy (William Haines).

Cast

• Bessie Love
  Bessie Love
  Bessie Love was an American motion picture actress who achieved prominence mainly in the silent films and early talkies. With a small frame and delicate features, she played innocent young girls, flappers, and wholesome leading ladies. Her role in The Broadway Melody earned her a nomination for...
  
   - Lovey Mary
• William Haines
  William Haines
  Charles William "Billy" Haines was an American film actor and interior designer. He was a star of the silent era until the 1930s, when Haines' career was cut short by MGM Studios due to his refusal to deny his homosexuality...
  
   - Billy Wiggs
• Mary Alden
  Mary Alden
  Mary Maguire Alden was an American motion picture and stage actress. She was one of the first Broadway actresses to work in Hollywood.-Career:Born in New York City, Alden began her career on the Broadway stage...
  
   - Mrs. Wiggs
• Vivia Ogden - Miss Hazey
• Martha Mattox
  Martha Mattox
  Martha Mattox was an American silent film actor most notable for her role of Mammy Pleasant in the 1927 film The Cat and the Canary. She also played a role in Torrent...
  
   - Miss Bell
• Jackie Combs - Tommy
• Fred Cox - Baby Tommy
• Gloria Holt - Europena
• Mary Jane Irving - Asia
• Annabelle Magnus - Australia
• Eileen Percy
  Eileen Percy
  Eileen Percy was an Irish actress of the silent era. She appeared in 68 films between 1917 and 1933.She was born in Belfast and died in Los Angeles, California...
  
   - Kate
• Russell Simpson
  Russell Simpson (actor)
  Russell McCaskill Simpson was an American character actor.Born in San Francisco, California, Simpson is best known for his work in the films of John Ford and, in particular, for his portrayal of Pa Joad in The Grapes of Wrath in 1940.Simpson reportedly prospected for gold in Alaska in his youth,...
  
  - Stubbins
• Rosa Gore - Miss Eichorn
• Sunshine Hart - Mrs. Chultz