# Lovey Mary
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{{short description|1926 silent film by King Baggot}}
{{About|the 1926 film|the novel on which it is based|Lovey Mary (book)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Lovey Mary
| image = Lovey Mary.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| director = [King Baggot](/source/King_Baggot)
| producer =
| writer = {{Plainlist|
* [Agnes Christine Johnston](/source/Agnes_Christine_Johnston)
* [Charles Maigne](/source/Charles_Maigne)
* George Marion, Jr. (titles)
}}
| based_on = {{based on|''[Lovey Mary](/source/Lovey_Mary_(book))'' (novel)|[Alice Hegan Rice](/source/Alice_Hegan_Rice)}}[{{cite book |title=Lovey Mary |last=Rice |first=Alice Hegan |location=New York, NY |publisher=The Century Co. |date=1903 |oclc=669917717 |lccn=03005787}}]
| narrator =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [Bessie Love](/source/Bessie_Love)
* [William Haines](/source/William_Haines)
* [Mary Alden](/source/Mary_Alden)
}}
| music =
| cinematography = [Ira H. Morgan](/source/Ira_H._Morgan)
| editing = Frank Davis
| studio =
| distributor = [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
| released = {{Film date|1926|06|26|U.S.}}
| runtime = 7 [reels](/source/reel); 6,167 feet[{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor83novd/page/110 |magazine=Moving Picture World |page=111 |date=November 13, 1926 |title=Star, Story Type, Review and Footage Here; Short Subjects Separated from Features}}]
| country = United States
| language = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Lovey Mary''''' is a 1926 American [comedy-drama](/source/comedy-drama) film directed by [King Baggot](/source/King_Baggot), with [Bessie Love](/source/Bessie_Love) in the title role. It is based on the [1903 novel](/source/Lovey_Mary_(book)) of the same name by [Alice Hegan Rice](/source/Alice_Hegan_Rice), a sequel to Rice's ''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch''.[{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/L/LoveyMary1926.html|title=Progressive Silent Film List: ''Lovey Mary'' |website=Silent Era|last=Bennett|first=Carl|date=July 18, 2015}}] It was distributed by [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer).
The film survives, but is incomplete.[{{cite web|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2750/default.html|title=American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Lovey Mary'' / King Baggot|website=Library of Congress}}]
== Plot ==
Lovey Mary runs away from an [orphanage](/source/orphanage) with Tommy so that he will not have to return to his bad mother. Lovey and Tommy stay at the home of Miss Hazey, who is about to marry a man whom she knows only from correspondence.
Billy Wiggs lives next door, and Lovey works with his sisters in a factory to earn money for herself and Tommy. On the day of Miss Hazey's wedding, her fiancee recognizes Lovey from the orphanage and reveals her true identity. Lovey and Billy plan to marry and adopt Tommy.[{{cite book|title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films 1921–1930|editor-last=Munden|editor-first=Kenneth W.|publisher=[R.R. Bowker Company](/source/R.R._Bowker)|location=New York|date=1971|oclc=664500075|pages=[https://archive.org/details/americanfilminst00amer/page/464 464]–5|url=https://archive.org/details/americanfilminst00amer|url-access=registration}}][{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew00moti_17|title=Motion Picture News Booking Guide|date=October 1926|page=[https://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew00moti_17/page/36 36]}}]
== Cast ==
{{castlist|
* [Bessie Love](/source/Bessie_Love) as Lovey Mary
* [William Haines](/source/William_Haines) as Billy Wiggs
* [Mary Alden](/source/Mary_Alden) as Mrs. Wiggs
* [Vivia Ogden](/source/Vivia_Ogden) as Miss Hazey{{efn|Ogden revived the role she played on Broadway in ''Mrs. Wiggs'' in 1906.{{cn|date=April 2026}} }}
* [Martha Mattox](/source/Martha_Mattox) as Miss Bell
* Jackie Combs as Tommy
* Fred Cox as Baby Tommy
* Gloria Holt as Europena
* [Mary Jane Irving](/source/Mary_Jane_Irving) as Asia
* Annabelle Magnus as Australia
* [Eileen Percy](/source/Eileen_Percy) as Kate
* [Russell Simpson](/source/Russell_Simpson_(actor)) as Stubbins
* [Rosa Gore](/source/Rosa_Gore) as Miss Eichorn
* [Sunshine Hart](/source/Sunshine_Hart) as Mrs. Chultz
}}
== Production ==
To help her decide whether to participate in the film, MGM lent Bessie Love a copy of the novel ''Lovey Mary'' by [Alice Hegan Rice](/source/Alice_Hegan_Rice) in 1925—then-valued at $25 ({{Inflation|US|25|1925|r=-1|fmt=eq}}). Love never returned the book.[{{cite news|title=The Readers' Corner|last=Love|first=Bessie|newspaper=[The Christian Science Monitor](/source/The_Christian_Science_Monitor)|date=February 6, 1970|page=12}}]
== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
{{Commons Category}}
* {{IMDb title|0017088}}
* {{AFI film|10460}}
* [http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/20s-bessie-love-lovey-mary-vintage-143396475 Production still]
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