The Great Adventure (1918 film)

The Great Adventure
Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
Based on The Painted Scene 
by Henry Kitchell Webster[1]
Starring Bessie Love
Cinematography George K. Hollister
John G. Haas[2]
Production
company
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Release dates
  • March 10, 1918 (1918-03-10) (United States)
Running time
 7 reels[3]
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Great Adventure, also known as Her Great Adventure[3] and Spring of the Year,[4] is a 1918 silent film directed by Alice Guy-Blaché, and starring Bessie Love.

The film is extant at the BFI National Film and Television Archive (London).[5]

Production

Shot at Solax Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey.[6][7]

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.[8][9]

Cast

Reception

Love received good reviews for her performance, called "likable",[10] but the film itself did not.[11][12] It was said that the plot "stretches the imagination of the spectator."[8] Despite the critical reception, the film was commercially successful.[13]

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 "The Great Adventure (1918)". BFI National Film and Television.
  2. ↑ Love 1977, p. 149
  3. 1 2 McMahan, Alison (2002). Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of the Cinema. Continuum. ISBN 0826451578.
  4. ↑ Love 1977, p. 55
  5. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Great Adventure
  6. ↑ Koszarski, Richard (2005). Fort Lee: The Film Town. Indiana University Press. p. 135. ISBN 086196652X.
  7. ↑ Fort Lee: Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry. Images of America. 2006. p. 108. ISBN 0738545015.
  8. 1 2 F.T. (March 2, 1918). "The Great Adventure". The Dramatic Mirror (New York) 78 (2045): 18.
  9. ↑ Langman, Larry. "France". Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking. p. 35.
  10. 1 2 "Makes Her Bow as Pathe Star". The Dramatic Mirror (New York) 78 (2045): 24. March 2, 1918.
  11. ↑ "Pathé". Motion Picture Magazine: 10. August 1918. Light. Not much to it.
  12. ↑ "Pathé". Motion Picture Magazine: 9. September 1918. Star good. Story poor.
  13. ↑ McMahan, Alison (September 2009). "Key Events in the Life of Alice Guy Blaché".
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