Seeds of Vengeance is an American film released in 1920. It was directed by Ollie Sellers. It was an adaptation of Margaret Prescott's The Sowing of Alderson Cree.[1] The film starred Bernard Durning. It was a C. R. Macauley Photoplay.
It was a 5-reel film[2] was produced by Select Pictures.[3]
Sada Cowan wrote the scenario.[4]
The film is one of at least three Sellers directed with Durning as an actor.
Plot
[edit]Cast
[edit]- Bernard Durning
- Pauline Starke as Ellen Dawe
- Gloria Hope
- Eugenie Besserer
- Charles Elder (actor)
- Jack Curtis
- Evelyn Selbie
- George Hernandez
- Jack Levering
- Burwell Hamrick
- George Stone[3]
Reception
[edit]Marion Russell in The Billboard wrote, "Amazingly beautiful photography marks the high lights of this picture, seconded by realistic acting in which character types predominate. Eugenie Besserer gives a stunning performance of a distraught mother. Two charmingly wistful impersonations are contributed by Pauline Starke and Gloria Hope as the youthful heroines. Mr. Macauley is to be congratulated upon a tense, dramatic picture, which grips despite the basic idea is one of hate and vengeance".[5]
The Picturegoer called it "fair entertainment".[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures. Part 1, group 2". U.S. Government Printing Office. February 13, 1920 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Seeds of Vengeance · ECHO (Early Cinema History Online)". echo.commarts.wisc.edu.
- ^ a b "Bernard Durning in "Seeds of Vengeance"". Palladium-Item. September 15, 1922. p. 9 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/500408/Seeds-of-Vengeance/full-credits.html [bare URL]
- ^ Russell, Marion. "Seeds of Vengeance." The Billboard. Cincinnati Vol. 32, Iss. 46, (Nov 13, 1920): 90-91. Via Proquest.
- ^ "Picturegoer's Guide." The Picturegoer. London Vol. 4, Iss. 19, (Jul 1, 1922): 46a, 47a, 48a. Via Proquest.