Drums of Love
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Plot
After finding out her father and his estate is in danger, Princess Emanuella saves his life by marrying Duke Cathos de Alvia, a grotesque hunchback. She actually is in love with Leonardo, his attractive younger brother. They already had an affair before the marriage, but continue secretly meeting each other. In the end, Cathos finds out about his wife's unfaithfulness and stabs both his wife and brother to death.[2]
Cast
- Mary Philbin as Princess Emanuella
- Lionel Barrymore as Duke Cathos de Alvia
- Don Alvarado as Count Leonardo de Alvia
- Tully Marshall as Bopi
- William Austin as Raymond of Boston
- Eugenie Besserer as Duchess de Alvia
- Charles Hill Mailes Duke de Granada
- Rosemary Cooper as The Maid
- Joyce Coad as The Little Sister
Production
The film was a modernized adaption of a Francesca da Rimini opera.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The settings were changed from 14th century Italy to 19th century South America.[3] The film was directed by D. W. Griffith, whose career was in decline.[3] He imposed a happy ending, but this idea was rejected.[3]
The female lead went to Mary Philbin, who was on a loan from another studio, Universal Pictures. Cinematographer Karl Struss was especially impressed with the actress and tested her two weeks for different wigs.[4] Philbin later called working with Griffith like a 'dream come true'.[5]
Reception
The film was received as one of D. W. Griffith's weakest.[3] Critics agreed that Griffith did not know how to handle the film's theme and story the way Tod Browning could have.[6] Both the critics and the audience agreed that the poor reception was mainly due to the ending.[7]
Preservation
Prints of Drums of Love are in the collections of the Library of Congress and George Eastman Museum.[8]
See also
References
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- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Drums of Love at silentera.com
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- ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Slide, Anthony (2010). Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses. University Press of Kentucky. Template:ISBN p. 307
- ↑ Beck, Calvin Thomas (1978). Scream Queens: Heroines of the Horrors. Macmillan & Co. Template:ISBN p. 70
- ↑ Norden, Martin F. (1994), The Cinema of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies. Rutgers University Press. Template:ISBN p. 103
- ↑ Norden, Martin F. (1994), The Cinema of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies. p. 104
- ↑ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Drums of Love
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External links
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- Drums of Love is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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- 1928 films
- 1928 romantic drama films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent feature films
- Films based on Inferno (Dante)
- Films based on operas
- Films directed by D. W. Griffith
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films set in South America
- Silent American romantic drama films
- Surviving American silent films
- English-language romantic drama films