Those Who Love

When an author meets a woman who is the spitting image of his dead fiancée, he takes an extraordinary step and marries her, only to learn she is already married and survives by selling sex. The film tracks the fallout from that decision as personal histories and hidden ties emerge, testing loyalties and social expectations. People close to the pair respond with a mix of compassion, doubt and moral judgment, and the story keeps pressure on emotional truth rather than tidy resolutions. Adele Blanche appears in the two similar female roles, which complicates how memory and reality overlap for the grieving protagonist.

Released in 1929, Those Who Love was directed by H. Manning Haynes and scripted by Lydia Hayward and Guy Fletcher. The picture is a British production from the late silent era, reflecting contemporary studio practices and casting choices, notably.

No reliable box office records survive for Those Who Love, which is common for British films of the late 1920s. It likely had a modest theatrical run domestically, with limited international distribution and scant financial documentation, archival interest remains limited.

While it never became a mainstream classic, the film's provocative premise and Adele Blanche's dual portrayal give it a niche place in British film history. Scholars cite it as an example of melodramatic themes around identity and social stigma at the end of the silent era occasionally.

Contemporary reviews are scarce, but the movie invites discussion of grief, mistaken identity, class and the moral attitudes toward sex work. Modern viewers who seek early British drama often remark on its moral ambiguity, restrained performances and the way it dramatizes how personal loss can warp judgment and period staging.