Directed by Alan Crosland Edited by Cyril Gardner Initial release 1920 Cinematography Jules Cronjager | Produced by Selznick Pictures Distributed by Selznick Pictures Director Alan Crosland Editor Cyril Gardner | |
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Written by S. Jay Kaufman
(story)
Katherine S. Reed
(scenario) Starring Elaine Hammerstein
Walter McGrail Cast Elaine Hammerstein, Walter McGrail Similar Old San Francisco, The Flapper, Under the Red Robe, The Case of the Howling, Viennese Nights | ||
Greater Than Fame is a 1920 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Selznick Pictures. It was directed by Alan Crosland and stars Elaine Hammerstein. It is not known whether the film currently survives.
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Plot
As described in a film magazine, Margaret Brooke (Hammerstein), a young small town woman, is given an allowance of twenty dollars a week to go to the city to have her voice trained. She falls in with an elderly musician, who cares for her, and a young composer, with whom she falls in love. The Warings, wealthy and sophisticated, take an interest in Margaret, Mrs. Waring (Gordon) inviting her into their home so that she may see a gathering of successful artists and learn their shortcomings, while Philip Waring (Tooker), unprincipled, seeking to bring about her downfall. Margaret accepts, innocently, the apartment Mr. Waring secures for her. Her sweetheart sees Mr. Waring come to her apartment and misunderstands. She then goes to the home of the master of the Cosmopolitan Opera House, and he also makes undesirable advances. Returning to the home of the man she loves, she vindicates herself and the two begin their fight for fame together.
Cast
Production
Director Alan Crosland hired internationally recognized dancer Mlle. Desiree Lubovska to appear in an upscale party sequence. Lubovska appears as a specialty dancer.
The working title of the film was Love or Fame?