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Norma Talmadge (left).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Song of Love
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by Chester Franklin and Frances Marion
Cast: Norma Talmadge [Noorma-hal], Joseph Schildkraut [Raymon Valverde], Arthur Edmund Carew [Ramlika], Laurence Wheat [Dick Jones], Maude Wayne [Maureen Desmard], Earl Schenck [Commissionnaire Desmard], Hector V. Sarno [Chandra-lal], Albert Prisco [Chamba], Mario Carillo [Captain Fregonne], James Cooley [Doctor Humbert]
Norma Talmadge Productions production; distributed by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Scenario by Frances Marion, from the novel Dust of Desire by Margaret Peterson. Cinematography by Antonio Gaudio (Tony Gaudio). Presented by Joseph M. Schenck. / © 13 December 1923 by Norma Talmadge Productions [LP19710]. Released 24 December 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Dust of Desire. Marion’s last film as director.
Drama: Romance.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm positive]; in the Czech Film Archive film archive [35mm nitrate positive]; and in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 24 September 2013.
References: Brownlow-Parade pp. 36, 579 : ClasIm-240 p. 46 : Documentary-Slide : Website-AFI; Website-Talmadge.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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