Love's Plaything
Cast & Crew
Walter V. Coyle
William Cavanaugh
Claire Collinge
Glenn White
Maurice Pivar
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Synopsis
During the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Julian La Rue rescues Josephine Rambeau from a ruffian. After they fall in love, they discover that each possesses half of a wedding ring passed down through three generations of their families. Julian's foster grandfather was in love with Josephine's grandmother in the early nineteenth century, but the latter was forced to marry a nobleman who arranged to have the former kidnapped and set adrift at sea. Stranded on a desert island, Julian's foster grandfather discovered a chest of gold and made his way back to New Orleans with the help of a courageous cabin boy, whom the older man later adopted. The older man died of a broken heart after discovering his sweetheart's marriage, and the younger man, Julian's father, eventually fell in love with Josephine's mother. This romance also was doomed by circumstance, and Julian's father moved away and married the daughter of a well-to-do Southerner. Julian and Josephine, more fortunate than their ancestors, marry.
Director
Walter V. Coyle
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The director's name is spelled Walter V. Cole in several contemporary sources. According to an ad in Exhibitor's Trade Review January 1, 1921, this film, which was then playing for one week at the Newark Theatre, was to be released to Greater New York and Northern New Jersey on January 15, 1921. One review lists the female lead as Cora Collins.
