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Thelma (1922 film)

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Thelma
Directed byChester Bennett
Written byThomas Dixon Jr.
Based onThelma by Marie Corelli
StarringJane Novak
Barbara Tennant
Gordon Mullen
CinematographyJack MacKenzie
Production
company
Chester Bennett Productions
Distributed byFilm Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • November 26, 1922 (1922-11-26)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Thelma is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Jane Novak, Barbara Tennant and Gordon Mullen.[1] It is based on the 1887 novel of the same title by the British writer Marie Corelli.

A Norwegian woman falls in love with an Englishman and moves to London to live with him. However his jealous friends plot to drive them apart.

Thelma as a child was played by Jane Novak's four-year-old daughter Virginia.[2]

Cast

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Jane and Virginia Novak

References

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  1. ^ Munden p.213
  2. ^ "Will Double For Mother". Los Angeles Times. August 18, 1922. p. 35. Retrieved January 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

Bibliography

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  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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