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The Primitive Lover (1922)

The Primitive Lover poster
Directed by
Sidney Franklin
Genre
silent film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 08m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman deals with the complications of love and divorce in the early 1920s. The story follows her romantic entanglements and personal choices.

silent-eraromanticlightheartedbreezydramaticclassicstraightforward

What happens

The Primitive Lover is a 1922 American silent drama film produced by and starring Constance Talmadge and distributed by Associated First National (later First National Pictures). Sidney A. Franklin served as the director of the movie and Frances Marion wrote the scenario based on a play, The Divorcee, by Edgar Selwyn. This film survives and has been released on DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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