Thorns and Orange Blossoms

Thorns and Orange Blossoms
Thorns and Orange Blossoms
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Directed by	Louis J. Gasnier
Written by	Hope Loring
Based on	Thorns and Orange Blossoms; by Bertha M. Clay
Produced by	B.P. Schulberg
Starring	Estelle Taylor; Kenneth Harlan; Edith Roberts
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Edited by	Eve Unsell
Production; company	B.P. Schulberg Productions
Distributed by	Preferred Pictures
Release date	December 10, 1922;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Thorns and Orange Blossoms is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Estelle Taylor, Kenneth Harlan, and Edith Roberts.[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[3] Alan Randolph and Spain's idol, singer Rosita Mendez, fall in love while Alan is visiting Spain. When reminded by a friend of his fiancée Violet Beaton back in Louisiana, he goes back. Rosita follows him by making an American tour. When they meet again, Alan, realizing the danger regarding Rosita, elopes with Violet and marries her at once in secret. Rosita, infuriated, threatens to kill him with a revolver and in a scuffle is wounded. Determined not to let anyone else have him, she has Alan sent to jail for five years. Rosita outlines a plan of escape to Alan, but he refuses. However, when he receives word from Violet of the birth of a baby, he accepts the plan and escapes, going back to his wife. Consumed with jealousy, Rosita informs on him and Alan is returned to jail, but, when she sees the baby, she relents and has him freed.

Cast

Estelle Taylor as Rosita Mendez
Kenneth Harlan as Alan Randolph
Arthur Stuart Hull as Barnes Ramsey
Edith Roberts as Violet Beaton
Carl Stockdale as Colonel Beaton
John Cossar as Pio Guerra, Rosita's Manager
Evelyn Selbie as Fallie, Rosita's Maid

References

Parish & Pitts p. 149
Progressive Silent Film List: Thorns and Orange Blossoms at silentera.com
"Tried and Proved Pictures: Thorns and Orange Blossoms". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation. 15 (7): 38. 12 January 1924. Retrieved 15 June 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. Film Directors: a Guide to their American Films. Scarecrow Press, 1974. ISBN 0-8108-0752-1

External links

Thorns and Orange Blossoms at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Media related to Thorns and Orange Blossoms at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] Parish & Pitts p. 149

[2] Progressive Silent Film List: Thorns and Orange Blossoms at silentera.com

[3] "Tried and Proved Pictures: Thorns and Orange Blossoms". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation. 15 (7): 38. 12 January 1924. Retrieved 15 June 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.