Paul Sloane directed actress Leatrice Joy in the 1926 silent film "Made for Love" (seven reels), the screenplay having been penned by Garret Fort. The periodical Motion Picture News printed its advice for Exploitation Angles to promote the film while screening its first run: "Refer to daily paper stories regarding excavations and discoveries in Egypt, mention King Tut. Stress the colorful epidsode in which tale of long dead lovers is told."
That year Paul Sloane directed actress Leatrice Joy in a second film for producer Cecil B. DeMille titled "Eve's Leaves" (seven reels)
Silent Film
Scott Lord on the Silent Film of Greta Garbo, Mauritz Stiller, Victor Sjostrom as Victor Seastrom, John Brunius, Gustaf Molander - the Golden Age of Swedish Silent Film........Lost Films in Found Magazines, among them Victor Seastrom directing John Gilbert and Lon Chaney, the printed word offering clues to deteriorated celluloid, extratextual discourse illustrating how novels were adapted to the screen; the photoplay as a literature;how it was reviewed, audience reception perhaps actor to actor.
Scott Lord on Silent Film
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Scott Lord Silent Film: Made for Love (Sloane, 1926)
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