# The Point of View

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{{short description|1920 film directed by Alan Crosland}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = The Point of View
| image          = The Point of View (1920) - 1.jpg
 
| caption        = Newspaper advertisement
| director       = [Alan Crosland](/source/Alan_Crosland)
| producer       = 
| writer         = [Edward J. Montagne](/source/Edward_J._Montagne)
| based_on       = {{basedon|''The Point of View''|[Edith Ellis](/source/Edith_Ellis)}}
| starring       = [Elaine Hammerstein](/source/Elaine_Hammerstein) <br> [Rockliffe Fellowes](/source/Rockliffe_Fellowes) <br> [Arthur Housman](/source/Arthur_Housman)
| music          = 
| editing        = 
| cinematography = [Oliver T. Marsh](/source/Oliver_T._Marsh)
| studio         = [Selznick Pictures](/source/Selznick_Pictures)
| distributor    = Select Pictures
| released       = {{film date|1920|08|23}}
| runtime        = 60 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}
'''''The Point of View''''' is a 1920 American [silent](/source/silent_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Alan Crosland](/source/Alan_Crosland) and starring [Elaine Hammerstein](/source/Elaine_Hammerstein), [Rockliffe Fellowes](/source/Rockliffe_Fellowes), and [Arthur Housman](/source/Arthur_Housman).<ref>Monaco p. 139</ref>

==Plot==
{{no plot|date=January 2024}}

==Cast==
* [Elaine Hammerstein](/source/Elaine_Hammerstein) as Marjory Thorncroft 
* [Rockliffe Fellowes](/source/Rockliffe_Fellowes) as David Lawrence 
* [Arthur Housman](/source/Arthur_Housman) as Dallas Henley 
* [Hugh Huntley](/source/Hugh_Huntley) as Lawrence Thorncroft 
* [Helen Lindroth](/source/Helen_Lindroth) as Aunt Caroline 
* [Cornish Beck](/source/Cornish_Beck) as Maitland Thorncroft 
* [Warren Cook](/source/Warren_Cook) as Thorncroft, Sr.

==Preservation==
With no listings for ''The Point of View'' in any film archive,<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8324/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''The Point of View'']</ref> it is a [lost film](/source/lost_film).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Monaco, James. ''The Encyclopedia of Film''. Perigee Books, 1991.

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0011583}}

{{Alan Crosland}}

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Category:1920 films
Category:1920 drama films
Category:Films directed by Alan Crosland
Category:American silent feature films
Category:1920 lost films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Selznick Pictures films
Category:English-language drama films
Category:1920 American films
Category:1920 English-language films
Category:Lost American silent drama films

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