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Directed by
  
David Kirkland

Starring
  
Constance Talmadge

Director
  
David Kirkland

Genre
  
Silent film

Cast
  
Constance Talmadge

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Produced by
  
Constance Talmadge

Distributed by
  
First National

Producer
  
Constance Talmadge

Cinematography
  
Oliver T. Marsh

Written by
  
John Emerson, Anita Loos

The Love Expert

Production company
  
Constance Talmadge Film Company

Release date
  
April 18, 1920 (1920-04-18)

Similar
  
A Virtuous Vamp, Polly of the Follies, Woman's Place, Mama's Affair, The Matrimaniac

The Love Expert is a surviving 1920 American silent comedy romance film directed by David Kirkland and produced by and starring Constance Talmadge. It was an early distribution release by the First National Exhibitor's Company.

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, Babs (Constance Talmadge) is sent home from boarding school because she persists in carrying out her fanciful love researches instead of studying her lessons. Continuing these experiments at home, her father, the influential and stern John Hardcastle (Lucy), punishes her by sending Babs to stay with Aunt Cornelia (Spaulding) in Boston instead of taking her to Palm Beach. However, in Boston Babs finds fertile ground for her experiments. Aunt Cornelia has been for six years engaged to Jim Winthrop (Halliday), but a wedding seems remote as Jim has two unmarried sisters and an elderly aunt to look after. Something has to be done, so Babs sends a fake telegram which results in her going to Palm Beach accompanied by her troupe of Bostonians, much to the amazement of her father. Romance after romance follows in the wake of her experiments. Then comes the news that Aunt Cornelia, who was left behind in Boston, has married a college professor. That news does not break Jim's heart, for the "love expert" uses one of her unfailing remedies.

Cast

  • Constance Talmadge as Babs
  • John Halliday as Jim Winthrop
  • Arnold Lucy as Mr. Hardcastle
  • Natalie Talmadge as Dorcas Winthrop
  • Fanny Bourke as Matilda Winthrop
  • Nellie P. Spaulding as Aunt Cornelia
  • Marion Sitgreave as Aunt Emily
  • James Spottswood as Mr. Thompson
  • David Kirkland as Mr. Smithers
  • Edward Kepler as Professor Blecker
  • Preservation status

    This film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection and the British Film Institute National Film and Television Archive.

    References

    The Love Expert Wikipedia