The Gift Supreme is a 1920 American silent drama film starring Bernard Durning and Seena Owen, and Tully Marshall The film was written and directed by Ollie Sellers and based on the 1916 novel of the same name by George Allan England. The supporting cast includes Melbourne MacDowell, Eugenie Besserer, Jack Curtis, Anna Dodge, Claire McDowell and Lon Chaney in a villainous bit role.
Synopsis
The plot involves a son (Durning) being disinherited by his father (MacDowell) for refusing to end his friendship with a beautiful young woman (Owen) from the slums of London.
Quand Paula Letchworth, une naïve jeune femme de la campagne, arrive dans la grande ville, elle permet bêtement à ses amis superficiels de l'influencer, et ignore les sages conseils d'Allen Cotter qui s'inquiète vraiment pour elle. Sa vie frivole l'amène à se marier avec Lawrence Topham, un parasite qui abuse d'elle et gaspille son argent. Désespérée, Paula offre de l'argent à Topham contre leur divorce, et se tourne vers Allen pour trouver cet argent.
, 1h10 Réalisé parAllan Dwan OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame, Aventure ActeursWallace Beery, Norman Kerry, Pauline Starke, Anna Q. Nilsson, Melbourne MacDowell, Wilfred Lucas Note60% Robert Clay, a noble America hero of humble means trying to do his best to help the war effort in the fictional capital Olancho in a small South American republic, but he meets a rich lady and they fall in love during the revolution. Robert Clay is the engineer and general manager of the Valencia Mining Company in Olancho. There are two sisters that come in to Robert Clay's life. Both are the daughters of Mr. Langham, the president of the Mining company. The older sister, Alice, is a New York society girl. Her sister Hope is enthusiastic, generous and sweet. Robert Clay meets Alice just before he sails for South America. He shares his admiration for her. Later, when he learns the family are going to Olancho also, he is very happy. But after getting to know Alice better he is sad. During her visit to Olancho a revolution starts, in this time she shows courage and to be a lady of charter. This attracts Clay to her, he ask her to marry him.