Those Who Love

Those Who Love is a 1926 silent film, produced in Australia, about the son of a knight who falls in love with a dancer. Only part of the film survives today and it is held by the National Film and Sound Archive. Plot Barry Manton, William Carter, the son of Sir James, falls in love with a dancer, Bebe Doree but his father disapproves and bribes Bebe to disappear. Hurt, Barry leaves home and becomes a labourer on the docks. He meets poor but honest Lola Quayle in a cabaret and offers her a place to live after she resists the advances of a pub owner. They stay in separate rooms but fall in love during a storm and he later marries her. Barry's father wants him to return home and sends a solicitor over to approach him. Not wanting to get between Barry and his family, Lola runs away. Years later, Barry lives in an attic, having rejected wealth and position and taken to drink, while Lola works as a nurse, looking after their son, Peter. Barry is injured and Lola recognises him at hospital. She visits Sir James and asks for money for a specialist and the family is united. Cast Marie Lorraine as Lola Quayle William Carter as Barry Manton Robert Purdie as Sir James Manton Sylvia Newland as Bebe Doree George Dean as Parker Kate Trefle as Lady Manton Big Bill Wilson as Ace Skinner Charles Beetham as Austin Mann Reginald Reeves as Sir Furneaux Reeves Jackie Williamson as Peter Nellie Ferguson as nurse Howard Harris as doctor Edith Hodgson Herbert Walton