Poppy (1917)

An orphan in Africa unwittingly marries an abusive man, falls in love with and gets pregnant by an amnesiac, runs away and becomes a novelist.

Director:

Edward José

Writers:

Cynthia Stockley (novel), Ben Teal (play)

Stars:

Norma Talmadge, Eugene O'Brien, Frederick Perry

Cast

Cast overview:
Norma Talmadge	...	Poppy Destinn
Eugene O'Brien	...	Sir Evelyn Carson
Frederick Perry	...	Luce Abinger
Jack Meredith	...	Dr. Bramhan
Dorothy Rogers	...	Mrs. Capron
Edna Whistler	...	Sophie Cornell
Marie Haynes	...	Mrs. Kennedy

Storyline

The story of "Poppy" tells of how a young girl converted by a cruel aunt into a drudge on a South African farm runs away and finally finds herself in the home of an affinity of one of the three bad men of South Africa. This man takes her to his beautiful home under pretense of philanthropy, and previous to leaving on a visit to Europe he calls in a French priest who marries him to the girl, who is led to suppose that she is merely being adopted. She stays within the bounds of his home and garden without mingling with a living creature other than the servants, until one night the third of the three bad men, a bachelor, in a delirium from an attack of fever, enters the grounds by a gate that has accidentally been left unlocked. The girl happening there also a love scene is enacted which we are startled to learn near the close of the picture resulted in the birth of a child, which falls from a window in London, where his mother has become famous in the literary world, and is killed. The ...

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel | based on play | character name in title | 

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Taglines:

Film Version of Wonderful Story of South Africa

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is presumed to be lost, with the Library of Congress having a two-reel condensation of the second half of the film.

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

None

Release Date:

4 May 1917 (USA)

Also Known As:

Le songe d'Evelyne

Company Credits

Production Co:

Norma Talmadge Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1