The Greatest Love (1920 film)

The Greatest Love
Directed by	Henry Kolker
Written by	Eddie Dowling Edward J. Montagne
Produced by	Lewis J. Selznick Harry Rapf
Starring	Vera Gordon Bertram Marburgh Sally Crute
Cinematography	Jules Cronjager Alfred Gandolfi Phil Rosen
Production company	Select Pictures
Distributed by	Select Pictures
Release date	December 1920
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Greatest Love is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Henry Kolker and starring Vera Gordon, Bertram Marburgh and Sally Crute. The film follows the fortunes of an Italian immigrant family the Latinis who arrive in New York around the turn of the century. It built on Gordon's previous role as a long-suffering Jewish mother in Humoresque.

Cast

• Vera Gordon as Mrs. Lantini
• Bertram Marburgh as Mr. Lantini
• Yvonne Shelton as Francesca Lantini
• Hugh Huntley as Lorenzo Lantini
• William H. Tooker as Mr. Manton
• Raye Dean as Dorothy Manton
• Donald Hall as Richard Sewall
• Sally Crute as Mrs. Sewall
• Jessie Simpson as Mrs. McCarthy

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• Erens, Patricia. The Jew in American Cinema. Indiana University Press, 1984.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• The Greatest Love at IMDb