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What Love Can Do (1916)

NR · 1916-06-12 · 50m · EN
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Widower Calvert Paige leaves his baby daughter Johnnie in New York and goes West where he becomes wealthy as a mine owner and newspaperman. Lil Magill, who came to work on his newspaper, becomes infatuated with Paige, as he is with her, and they become lovers. After several years Lil has become a successful author but Paige has tired of her. Their estrangement grows when Lil takes the side of striking miners against him.

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Jay HuntDirector, Writer

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Adele FarringtonAdele FarringtonLil MagillC. Norman HammondC. Norman HammondCalvert PageOrin JacksonOrin JacksonJohn MorrisKingsley BenedictKingsley Benedict'Brad' HamiltonMina CunardMina CunardJohnnie PaigeFlorence HaleFlorence HaleAunt MaryDoc CraneDoc CraneMatthewHarry MannHarry MannTonyViolet SchramViolet SchramWalter BelascoWalter Belasco

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Genre affinityDramaDialogue densityDramaPacingShortDirector preference295471Actor preference812944 · 876056 · 665431Country preferenceUs

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What is What Love Can Do about?

Widower Calvert Paige leaves his baby daughter Johnnie in New York and goes West where he becomes wealthy as a mine owner and newspaperman. Lil Magill, who came to work on his newspaper, becomes infatuated with Paige, as he is with her, and they become lovers. After several years Lil has become a successful author but Paige has tired of her. Their estrangement grows when Lil takes the side of striking miners against him.

How long is What Love Can Do?

What Love Can Do has a runtime of 50 minutes.