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Wikipedia article
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| name = Bonnie May
| image = Bonnie May (1920) - 8.jpg
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| caption = Magazine advertisement
| director =
| producer = Andrew J. Callaghan
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| cinematography = Sam Landers
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| studio = Andrew J. Callaghan Productions, Inc.
| distributor = Federated Film Exchanges of America, Inc.
| released =
| runtime = 5 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget = $75,000
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'Bonnie May' is a lost[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3879/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'Bonnie May'] silent 1920 American comedy-drama film based on the 1916 novel by Louis Dodge. It was directed by Ida May Park and Joseph De Grasse and starred Bessie Love. It was produced by Andrew J. Callaghan Productions and distributed by Federated Film Exchanges of America, Inc.
Plot
An orphaned girl (Love) grows up in the theater. She becomes smarter and stronger, and never loses her optimism.
Cast
* Bessie Love
* Charles Gordon
* William Herbert Bainbridge
* Lon Poff
* Miss DuPont
Release
As this was Bessie Love's first film with Film Exchanges of America, Inc., it was very heavily promoted. A thirty-eight page press book was created, as well as special souvenir mirrors.
On its release, it was shown with 'The Son of Tarzan'; 'Mystic Mush', a Hank Mann comedy; and a Mutt and Jeff cartoon.
After its release, producer Andrew J. Callaghan sued Federated Film Exchanges, saying that the distributor had not paid the full amount to distribute this film, 'The Midlanders', and 'Penny of Top Hill Trail'.
Reception
The film received positive reviews. Author Louis Dodge, who wrote the novel on which the film is based, highly praised Love's performance.
References
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