The Swamp (1921 film)

The Swamp
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Directed by Colin Campbell
Produced by Sessue Hayakawa
Written by J. Grubb Alexander (scenario)
Story by Sessue Hayakawa
Starring Sessue Hayakawa
Bessie Love
Cinematography Frank D. Williams
Distributed by Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • October 30, 1921 (1921-10-30)
Running time
 6 reels (5,560 feet)
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Swamp is a 1921 American silent drama film released by the Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation and directed by Colin Campbell. The film was written and produced by Sessue Hayakawa, who also co-stars with Bessie Love. A print of this film is preserved at the Gosfilmofond archive in Moscow.[1][2][3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[4] Mary (Love) is a young country woman who marries wealthy Spencer Wellington (Tucker) and moves to the city. When he grows weary of the alliance, he abandons her. Several years later the young mother and her boy Buster (Lee) are living in a single room in a poor tenement. While selling newspapers Buster is befriended by a Japanese vegetable vendor Wang (Hayakawa). When Wang discovers the family's pitiful condition, he takes the youngster into "partnership." Mary becomes ill and Wang sits by her side until she is well. After he loses his horse and vegetable stand, he opens a fortune telling booth with Buster as his valuable assistant. When Wang is invited to a fashionable gathering to display his powers, he tells some unpleasant truths about the guest of honor, Spencer Wellington, who has become engaged to a society lady Norma Biddle (Wilson), and reveals that Spencer is the father of the newsboy. There is a happy ending when country boy Johnnie Rand (McCullough) comes to claim Mary's hand, while Wang seeks his sweetheart across the ocean.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Swamp at silentera.com
  2. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921–30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  3. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Swamp
  4. ↑ "Reviews: The Swamp". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 13 (16): 69. October 15, 1921.


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