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Cheerful Givers

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Cheerful Givers
Black and white newspaper advertisement featuring Bessie Love in period dress
Newspaper advertisement
Directed byPaul Powell
Written byMary H. O'Connor[1]
Starring
CinematographyJohn W. Leezer[2]
Production
company
Distributed byTriangle Film Corporation
Release date
  • April 15, 1917 (1917-04-15) (U.S.)[3]
Running time
5 reels[4]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Cheerful Givers is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film produced by the Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation.[1] The film stars Bessie Love and Kenneth Harlan.[5]

The film is presumed lost.

Plot

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Black and white film still showing a dramatic scene in a crowded room
Scene featuring Spottiswoode Aitken

To save her father's orphanage, Judy (Love) answers a request to have the "eldest boy" work in the kitchen of a wealthy, miserly woman. Disguising herself as a boy, she encounters the woman's son, Horace (Harlan), whom she mistrusts. Horace realizes Judy is actually a girl and falls in love with her. Judy ultimately thwarts his plan to steal from his mother's safe. The son repents, and Judy reciprocates his feelings.[3][6][7][8][9]

Cast

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Black and white film still showing two women in 1917 period dress
Josephine Crowell and Bessie Love

Reception

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The film received generally positive reviews, being described as an "adroit comedy" and "perfectly done".[10] It was noted for its broad appeal.[11][12][13][14] However, some reviewers found the pacing too slow.[15]

Bessie Love's performance was generally praised,[16] although it was noted that she had not yet become a major box office draw nationwide.[17][18]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Varying Themes in Four Triangle Presentations". Motion Picture News. Vol. 15, no. 15. p. 2332.
  2. ^ Love, Bessie (1977). From Hollywood with Love: An Autobiography of Bessie Love. London: Elm Tree Books. p. 149. OCLC 734075937.
  3. ^ a b c L.H. (April 21, 1917). "Films Reviewed". The Billboard. p. 60.
  4. ^ Kansas State Board of Review (1917). Complete List of Motion Picture Films. p. 14.
  5. ^ Hanson, Patricia King, ed. (1988). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films 1911–1920. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-520-06301-3.
  6. ^ a b Milne, Peter (April 28, 1917). "Screen Examinations". Motion Picture News. Vol. 15, no. 17. p. 2690.
  7. ^ "Pictures and Everything That Appertains Thereto". The Billboard. April 7, 1917. p. 62.
  8. ^ Essex, Bert D. (May 1917). "The Silent Trend". The Photo-Play Journal. Vol. 2, no. 1. p. 26.
  9. ^ Horak, Laura (February 26, 2016). Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908–1934. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-7484-4.
  10. ^ Johnson, Julian (July 1917). "The Shadow Stage". Photoplay Magazine. Vol. 12, no. 2. pp. 86–87.
  11. ^ Whitman, M.H. (September 15, 1917). "What the Picture Did for Me". Motography. Vol. 18, no. 11. p. 542.
  12. ^ Manley, P.F. (September 29, 1917). "What the Picture Did for Me". Motography. Vol. 18, no. 13. p. 643.
  13. ^ Trinz, S. (May 5, 1917). "What the Picture Did for Me". Motography. Vol. 17, no. 18. p. 920.
  14. ^ Trinz, Edward (May 19, 1917). "What the Picture Did for Me". Motography. Vol. 17, no. 20. p. 1028.
  15. ^ Miles, A.N. (March 9, 1918). "What the Picture Did for Me". Motography. Vol. 19, no. 10. p. 450.
  16. ^ "At the Oak Park Theater". Forest Leaves. Vol. 11, no. 16. April 20, 1917. p. 4.
  17. ^ Guthrie, George B. (July 14, 1917). "What the Picture Did for Me". Motography. Vol. 18, no. 2. p. 61.
  18. ^ Miller, Harry (May 12, 1917). "What the Picture Did for Me". Motography. Vol. 17, no. 19. p. 977.
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