Cupid Forecloses

Cupid Forecloses is a 1919 American silent comedy^[4] film starring Bessie Love and Wallace MacDonald. It was directed by David Smith and produced by Vitagraph Studios. It was based on the popular novel Hurrying Fate and Geraldine by Florence Morse Kingsley. The film has been preserved at the British Film Institute and American Film Institute.^[1][5]

Cupid Forecloses
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Directed by	David Smith
Written by	Stanley Olmstead Edward J. Montagne[1]
Based on	Hurrying Fate and Geraldine (novel) by Florence Morse Kingsley
Starring	Bessie Love Wallace MacDonald
Cinematography	Clyde De Vinna[2]
Production company	Vitagraph Studios
Release date	July 12, 1919 (1919-07-12) (U.S.)[1][3]
Running time	5 reels[3][4]
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Unidentified actor and Bessie Love

Plot

Geraldine Farleigh (Love), a timid village schoolteacher, supports her family and must pay off her late father's debt to Bruce Cartwright. She falls in love with the man she believes is a lawyer representing Cartwright (MacDonald), who turns out to be Cartwright himself.^[5][6]

Cast

Bessie Love as schoolteacher Geraldine Farleigh

• Bessie Love as Geraldine Farleigh^[3]
• Dorothea Wolbert as Mrs. Farleigh
• Wallace MacDonald as Bruce Cartwright
• Frank Hayes as Oliver Brown
• Jim Donnelly as Jim Connors
• Aggie Herring as Mrs. Connors
• Jake Abram as Rufe Tinker
• Anne Schaefer as Aunt Adelaide
• Gordon Griffith as Nat Farleigh
• Otto Lederer as The Postmaster