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| Picture Play, August, 1924 |
I have always been fascinated by the career of actress Bessie Love. She was born in Texas. Her name was Juanita Horton. Her family moved to Los Angeles and she went to Los Angeles High School. Looking for work, she met director DW Griffith and got a small part in
Intolerance. She appeared in movies with William S Hart and Douglas Fairbanks. She was a 1922 WAMPAS (Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers) Baby Star. She played many leading roles, most famously in
The Lost World, but never broke through until the talkies came, when she starred in
The Broadway Melody. Her career was hot again for a few years, but then tailed off. She continued to appear in small parts in movies until the early 1980s.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 30-August-1924 |
Bessie Love starred in Sundown, a western story mostly shot in Texas. Laurence Trimble and Harry O Hoyt directed.
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| Picture Play, August, 1924 |
Bessie Love sits at her typewriter.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 23-August-1924 |
Harry O Hoyt also directed The Lost World, an adaption of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World. Willis O'Brien used stop-motion animation to bring the dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts to life.
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| Picture Play, August, 1924 |
Bessie Love "on location for 'All Day.'" I guess this is an alternative title for Dynamite Smith, which was set in Alaska.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 23-August-1924 |
"The real thing!"
