The Deciding Kiss
22 juillet 1918
Réalisateur : Tod Browning
Scénario : Bernard McConville d’après la nouvelle " Turn About Eleanor " d'Ethel M. Kelly
Photographie : John Webster Brown
Production : Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. et Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Interprétation :
Edith Roberts -----Eleanor Hamlin
Winifred Greenwood -----Beulah Page
Hallam Cooley -----Jimmy Sears
Hans Unterkircher -----Peter Bolling
Lottie Kruse
Edmund Cobb
William Courtright
William Lloyd
Noir et blanc, muet
Durée : 5 bobines
Scénario :
La petite orhpheline Eleanor Hamlin vit avec ses grands parents au Cap Cod. Ceux-ci décident de la faire adopter par un groupe de riches newkorkais dont Beulah Page. Mais très vite Beulah devient jalouse d'Eleanor qui attire les regards de Peter Bolling, un ami de Beulah.
Commentaires :
La version actuellement visible a été restauré par Les archives françaises du film et le CNC.
Critiques :
" These is something distinctly novel in this amusing little story. [...] It is a gentle satire on a theory called "cooperative parentage", one of the numerous new methods of child-reating usually indulged in by people who have no children of their own. At the same time the story itself is delighfully human and intermingles humor and pathos effectively. "
Robert C. Elravy
Moving Picture Word, 27 juillet 1918
" The first reel is pathetic indeed, and showsEleanor Hamlin severing home ties with her grandparents to be "adopted" by a party of idle rich on the cooperative plan. The parties adopting her are single, and one of them, Beulah Page, has her own ideas on the subject of raising the young - these ideas absolutely precluding the main requisite, love. And on this the story hangs. The climax is rather unexpected, but is wholesome and refreshing [...] The direction of Tod Browning leaves nothing to be desired. "
F.G.Spencer
Motion Picture News, 20 juillet 1918