The Love Mart

The Love Mart (1927)

She was his slave---bought and paid for---and now he was protecting her with his life. Would she ever understand why?

Victor, an adventurous young swashbuckler in 19th-century New Orleans, takes possession of a barber shop as the result of winning a duel, and decides to settle down to a life as a barber. He meets a beautiful young woman and pursues her, but she dismisses his attentions because she thinks he is just a barber. Also pursuing the woman is the evil Capt. Remy, whom she also brushes off. He, however, doesn't take rejection so lightly, and forges papers "proving" that the girl is a "quadroon"--part black, which means that she can be sold as a slave. She is sold to Capt. Remy, and when Victor hears of it, he determines to rescue her.

Date of release
1927-12-18
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Drama
Director
George Fitzmaurice

Casting

Interesting facts

The Love Mart is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice starring Billie Dove, Gilbert Roland and Noah Beery, and featuring Boris Karloff. The script was adapted from a novel called "The Code of Victor Jallot" by Edward Childs Carpenter. It was released in some foreign countries as Slavinnan. The film is considered lost.

Production

This film had the original title of Louisiana, as surviving publicity materials indicate; it was First National Pictures' production #103.

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