May 28, 1918 - The Business of Life and Alice Joyce

Today Mary goes to the movies with sister Nora to see The Business of Life starring Alice Joyce.  Mary enjoyed the film.  Movie summary from IMDB:
Carrying on with the antique business of her deceased father, Jacqueline Nevers ( Alice Joyce ) is asked to catalog James Desboro's ( Walter McGrail ) collection. When they fall in love, it induces the jealousy of Elena Clydesdale, a married woman who is also in love with James. Jacqueline and James marry, but Elena endangers their happiness by announcing that she and James are having an affair. When Elena becomes ill, she becomes reconciled with her husband and confesses her lies to Jacqueline, permitting the newlyweds to live in peace.

Alice Joyce, "The Madonna of the Screen", was born in 1890 and died in 1955.  She starred in multiple films from 1910 to 1930.  Many of her films have been lost including The Business of Life.  A very detailed biography can be found at IMDB.