Made for Love

Made for Love is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Paul Sloane, produced by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Leatrice Joy.[1][2]

Made for Love
Directed byPaul Sloane
Produced byCinema Corporation of America (Cecil B. DeMille)
Written byGarrett Fort (story, scenario)
StarringLeatrice Joy
Edmund Burns
CinematographyArthur C. Miller
Distributed byProducers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • February 14, 1926 (1926-02-14)
Running time
65 minutes; 7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Cast

Production

In the first reel, the introduction of Joan (Leatrice Joy) is accompanied by a closeup with her new hair style. Joy had impulsively cut her hair short in 1926, and DeMille, whom Joy had followed when he set up Producers Distributing Corporation, was publicly angry as it prevented her from portraying traditional feminine roles.[3] The studio developed projects with roles suitable for her “Leatrice Joy bob”,[3] and Made for Love was the first of five films before she regrew her hair. Despite this, a professional dispute would end the Joy / Demille partnership in 1928.

Preservation

A copy of Made for Love is preserved film at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[4]

References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Made for Love
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: Made for Love at silentera.com
  3. Johanna, Schmertz (2013), "The Leatrice Joy Bob: The Clinging Vine and Gender's Cutting Edge", in Dall’Asta, Monica; Duckett, Victoria; Tralli, Lucia (eds.), Researching Women in Silent Cinema: New Findings and Perspectives, University of Bologna, pp. 402–13, ISBN 978-8-8980-1010-3, ISSN 2283-6462
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Made for Love


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