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Cross Currents (1916 film)

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Cross Currents
Still from Cross Currents
Directed byFrancis J. Grandon
Written byMary H. O'Connor
StarringHelen Ware
Production
company
Release date
  • January 2, 1916 (1916-01-02) (U.S.)
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Running time
5 reels, 50 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Cross Currents is a 1916 American silent film starring Helen Ware. Composer J. A. Raynes composed theatre organ music to accompany this film.[2]

Plot

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Scene from the film

Ware portrays a young socialite, Elizabeth Crane, who realizes her fiancé, Paul Beale, has a greater love for another woman, Flavia, and steps aside so he may marry. Later they are isolated on a deserted island and rekindle their love.[3]

Cast

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Reception

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Louis Reeves Harrison of The Moving Picture World characterized the film as "admirably typed and handled," and noted Ware's performance, "The story carries her from the stilted posturing of the drawing room to the free expression of her intelligence in an extremely difficult performance."[4]

On the other hand, Hazel Simpson Naylor of Motion Picture Magazine found the film "singularly lacking in feminine beauty."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Miscellaneous Features". Motography. January 1, 1916. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. ^ Franceschina, John (2018). "Raynes, J[ohn] A[rthur]". Incidental and Dance Music in the American Theatre from 1786 to 1923, Volume 3: Biographical and Critical Commentary - Alphabetical Listings from Edgar Stillman Kelley to Charles Zimmerman. Bear Manor Media.
  3. ^ "Cross Currents". Motion Picture News. January 8, 1916. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "Triangle Program". The Moving Picture World. December 4, 1915. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "As Others See You". Motion Picture Magazine. April 1916. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
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