The Love Mart (1927)
Victor, an adventurous young swashbuckler in 19th-century New Orleans, takes possession of a barber shop as the result of winning a duel, and decides to settle down to a life as a barber. He meets a beautiful young woman and pursues her, but she dismisses his attentions because she thinks he is just a barber. Also pursuing the woman is the evil Capt. Remy, whom she also brushes off. He, however, doesn't take rejection so lightly, and forges papers "proving" that the girl is a "quadroon"--part black, which means that she can be sold as a slave. She is sold to Capt. Remy, and when Victor hears of it, he determines to rescue her.
Director: George Fitzmaurice
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Billie Dove as Antoinette Frobelle |
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Gilbert Roland as Victor Jallot |
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Ray Turner as Poupet (as Raymond Turner) |
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Noah Beery as Capt. Remy |
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Armand Kaliz as Jean Delicado |
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Émile Chautard as Louis Frobelle |
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Boris Karloff as Fleming |
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Mattie Peters as Caresse |
| Directing | George Fitzmaurice | Director |
| Writing | Benjamin Glazer | Adaptation |
| Writing | Edward Childs Carpenter | Novel |
