Poppy is a 1917 American silent adventure drama film directed by Edward José and starring Norma Talmadge, Eugene O'Brien, and Frederick Perry. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Poppy
Plot As described in a film magazine review, Poppy Destin, ill-treated from birth, runs away and falls into the hands of a wealthy man who adores her. Fearless lest he lose her, he marries her without her knowledge. Complications arise which make her life even more bitter, but finally the man releases her from the marriage, making it possible for Poppy to marry the man she loves.
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Censorship Before Poppy could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of all scenes and intertitles of Poppy's child, a close up shot of a dead black man, and intertitles describing the reason Poppy left Luce.
Preservation The film is presumed to be lost, with the Library of Congress having a two-reel condensation of the second half of the film.Progressive Silent Film List: Poppy at silentera.comThe Norma Talmadge Website by Greta DeGroat; Stanford University
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