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The Indian Love Lyrics (1923)

The Indian Love Lyrics poster
Directed by
Sinclair Hill
Genre
silent film, romance film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
50 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A princess in India dresses as a common person to avoid a marriage her family arranged for her. This is a silent love story from the 1920s.

romanticold-fashionedadventurousnostalgicdramaticlight-heartedsilent-era

What happens

The Indian Love Lyrics is a 1923 British silent romantic drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Catherine Calvert, Owen Nares and Malvina Longfellow. It is based on the poem The Garden of Kama by Laurence Hope. The film's sets were designed by art director Walter Murton. In India, a princess disguises herself as a commoner to escape an arranged marriage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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