Love Without Question

[1] The film starred Olive Tell and James W. Morrison, and featured Mario Majeroni, Ivo Dawson, and Floyd Buckley.

[2] An old and wealth recluse named Silas Blackburn (Mario Majeroni) lives in his mansion and is cared for by his long-time butler as well as his ward, Katherine (Olive Tell).

Later that night, a restless Katherine returns with the butler and finds Silas dead with a pin-like wound at the base of his skull.

Carlos Paredes (Ivo Dawson), a family friend, urges him to sober up and go to his grandfather's home where he has an appointment.

Unable to convince Robert to leave, Carlos departs alone while the young man remains with Maria (Peggy Parr), the actress.

While Robert pulls himself together, a detective and coroner, Dr. Groome (Charles McKay) arrive at the mansion to investigate Silas's murder.

The detective continues his investigation and cannot understand how the murder was committed in the abandoned room with Silas securely locked inside.

The butler confessed that the twin had come to the house the night of Silas's death, and threatened to expose the old man as a thief and fraud.

He recounted that the brothers finally agreed that the twin should stay overnight in the abandoned room to settle his feud with Silas the following morning.

The young company produced its films at Peerless Picture Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and released them through States' Rights.

It was also one of C. Wadsworth Camp (father of writer Madeleine L'Engle) and James W. Morrison's first works since returning from the front lines of World War I.

"[2] The movie's producers advised theaters showing Love Without Question to decorate their lobbies like the film's abandoned room.

Joshua Lowe (writing as "Jolo") of Variety called the film "an intensely absorbing mystery yarn, fairly reeking with suspensive interest," although he thought the ending was "disappointing and commonplace."

Agnes Smith of the New York Telegraph also reviewed the film positively, writing "It is a plot with many twists and turns and director Rolfe did his very best to give it the proper sort of spooky atmosphere.

Still with Olive Tell and James W. Morrison in the American film Love Without Question (1920), from an ad on page 4356 of the May 22, 1920 Motion Picture News .