Love Is an Awful Thing is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Victor Heerman and starring Owen Moore, Marjorie Daw, and Katherine Perry.

[1][2] As described in a film magazine review,[3] Anthony Churchill is to marry Helen after six months probation to convince her father Judge Griggs that he is a proper young man when Marion turns up some of Anthony's old love letters.

To put her off, Anthony assumes the role of a married man with six children, but Marion discovers the hoax.

Complications ensue and it appears that the marriage will be wrecked when it is discovered that Marion is married to her attorney and the two were involved in hatching a blackmail scheme.

This discovery proves removes all difficulties and paves the way to a happy, wedded ending.