The Love Expert

The Love Expert
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Directed by David Kirkland
Produced by Constance Talmadge
Written by John Emerson
Anita Loos
Starring Constance Talmadge
Cinematography Oliver Marsh
Production
company
Constance Talmadge Film Company
Distributed by First National
Release date
  • April 18, 1920 (1920-04-18)
Running time
 6 reels
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Love Expert is a surviving 1920 American silent comedy romance film directed by David Kirkland and produced by and starring Constance Talmadge. It was an early distribution release by the First National Exhibitor's Company.[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[3] Babs (Constance Talmadge) is sent home from boarding school because she persists in carrying out her fanciful love researches instead of studying her lessons. Continuing these experiments at home, her father, the influential and stern John Hardcastle (Lucy), punishes her by sending Babs to stay with Aunt Cornelia (Spaulding) in Boston instead of taking her to Palm Beach. However, in Boston Babs finds fertile ground for her experiments. Aunt Cornelia has been for six years engaged to Jim Winthrop (Halliday), but a wedding seems remote as Jim has two unmarried sisters and an elderly aunt to look after. Something has to be done, so Babs sends a fake telegram which results in her going to Palm Beach accompanied by her troupe of Bostonians, much to the amazement of her father. Romance after romance follows in the wake of her experiments. Then comes the news that Aunt Cornelia, who was left behind in Boston, has married a college professor. That news does not break Jim's heart, for the "love expert" uses one of her unfailing remedies.

Cast

  • Constance Talmadge as Babs
  • John Halliday as Jim Winthrop
  • Arnold Lucy as Mr. Hardcastle
  • Natalie Talmadge as Dorcas Winthrop
  • Fanny Bourke as Matilda Winthrop
  • Nellie P. Spaulding as Aunt Cornelia
  • Marion Sitgreave as Aunt Emily
  • James Spottswood as Mr. Thompson
  • David Kirkland as Mr. Smithers
  • Edward Kepler as Professor Blecker

Preservation status

This film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection and the British Film Institute National Film and Television Archive.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Love Expert at silentera.com
  2. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Love Expert
  3. ↑ "Reviews: The Love Expert". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 10 (22): 69. May 29, 1920.
  4. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Love Expert


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