Forget Me Not (1922 film)

Forget Me Not
Film still with Love and Otto Lederer
Directed by	W. S. Van Dyke
Produced by	Louis Burston
Written by	Henry Roberts Symonds (story) John B. Clymer (adaptation)
Starring	Bessie Love Gareth Hughes
Cinematography	Arthur L. Todd
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release dates	July 23, 1922
Running time	7 reels
Country	Metro Pictures
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Forget Me Not is a 1922 American silent melodrama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and distributed by Metro Pictures. The film starred Bessie Love and Gareth Hughes. It is considered a lost film.^[1][2][3]

Plot

Ann (Love) and Jimmy (Hughes) are orphans.^[4]

Production

In preparation for her role, Love lived at an orphanage for two weeks.^[5]

Cast

• Irene Hunt as Mary Gordoon, The Mother
• Will Machin as The Father
• Bessie Love as Ann, The Girl
• Gareth Hughes as Jimmy, The Boy
• Otto Lederer as Rodolfo, The Musician
• Myrtle Lind as The Other Girl
• Hal Wilson
• Gertrude Claire
• Sam Allen
• W. E. Lawrence

Reception

The film received positive reviews. According to The Evening Mail, the film "is a fine, clean, beautiful picture… told with such depth of understanding and with entire lack of artificiality that it strikes its note of appeal as few films that have… It is blessed with a cast that could not be improved upon." The Daily News said, "Few who see this little screen drama will not soon forget its sweetness and charm."^[4]

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: Forget Me Not at silentera.com
2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921–30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Forget Me Not
4. The Evening News. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. June 9, 1923. p. 19. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. "At the Theatres". Ellensburg Daily Record. February 17, 1923. p. 5.

External links

• Forget Me Not at the Internet Movie Database
• Forget Me Not at AllMovie
• Lobby poster
• Still with Bessie Love