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The Great Adventure (1918 film)

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Director
  
Alice Guy-Blache

Country
  
United States

The Great Adventure (1918 film) The Great Adventure 1918 film Wikipedia

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Release date
  
March 10, 1918 (1918-03-10) (United States)

Based on
  
The Painted Scene by Henry Kitchell Webster

Writer
  
Agnes Christine Johnston, Henry Kitchell Webster (story)

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The Great Adventure, also known as Her Great Adventure and Spring of the Year, is a 1918 silent film directed by Alice Guy-Blaché, and starring Bessie Love.

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The film is extant at the BFI National Film and Television Archive (London).

Production

Shot at Solax Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

Plot

An amateur performer (Love) has found local success and acclaim, but dreams of stardom on Broadway. She goes to New York, finds work in a Broadway chorus, and takes over the lead role when the star walks out of the production.

Cast

  • Bessie Love as Ragna "Rags" Jansen
  • Flora Finch as Aunt
  • Chester Barnett as Billy Blake
  • Donald Hall as Mr. Sheen
  • Florence Short as Hazel Lee
  • Walter Craven
  • Jack Dunn
  • Reception

    Love received good reviews for her performance, called "likable", but the film itself did not. It was said that the plot "stretches the imagination of the spectator." Despite the critical reception, the film was commercially successful.

    References

    The Great Adventure (1918 film) Wikipedia
    The Great Adventure (1918 film) IMDb