The Spark Divine

The Spark Divine
	Period lobby advertisement
Directed by	Tom Terriss
Produced by	Vitagraph Company of America
Written by	Alicia Ramsey (story); George DuBois Proctor
Starring	Alice Joyce
Cinematography	Joseph Shelderfer
Distributed by	Vitagraph Company of America
Release date	June 30, 1919
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Spark Divine is a 1919 American silent drama film, starring Alice Joyce, that was directed by Tom Terriss and produced and distributed by Vitagraph Company of America. This is now considered to be a lost film.[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[3] the Van Arsdale's come into sudden wealth and raise their naturally sweet and sentimental child Marcia (Joyce) into a beautiful and cultured woman who is cold and calculating and with a heart of ice. She becomes known in society as the girl who challenges any man to arouse sentiment in her. When bankruptcy threatens the family, they believe their only salvation is their daughter's marriage to a millionaire. Robert Jardine (Carleton) is the man they select. Robert believes he sees the woman beneath the shell of Marcia, and when she coldly tells him that she will marry him only for his wealth, he agrees on the condition that she "will a wife – and a mother." Marcia keeps her part of the marriage agreement, but apparently cares nothing for her own child. Gradually the spark of mother-love brightens, but she is ashamed of her show of sentiment. Then the child is kidnapped, and Marcia is fraught with the fears that only a mother can know, showing the real woman in her. Then her child is brought to her, and it turns out that the kidnapping was a "frame" on the part of her husband.

Cast

Alice Joyce – Marcia Van Arsdale
William Carleton, Jr. – Robert Jardine
Eulalie Jensen – Mrs. Van Arsdale
Frank Norcross – Mr. Van Arsdale
Mary Carr – Mrs. Jardine

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References

The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Film: 1911–20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
The Spark Divine at Unsung Divas, The Alice Joyce Page, by Greta deGroat
"Treatment of Character Sincere, But Dragginess Evident". Film Daily. New York City: Wid's Film and Film Folks, Inc. 8 (73): 3. 1919-06-15. Retrieved 2014-10-15.

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[1] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Film: 1911–20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988

[2] The Spark Divine at Unsung Divas, The Alice Joyce Page, by Greta deGroat

[3] "Treatment of Character Sincere, But Dragginess Evident". Film Daily. New York City: Wid's Film and Film Folks, Inc. 8 (73): 3. 1919-06-15. Retrieved 2014-10-15.