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Break, Break, Break (film)

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Break, Break, Break
Still from Break, Break, Break[1]
Directed byHarry A. Pollard
Written bySydney Ayres
StarringWilliam Garwood
Louise Lester
Production
company
Distributed byMutual Film Corporation
Release date
  • September 9, 1914 (1914-09-09)
Running time
Short
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Break, Break, Break is a 1914 American silent short film directed by Harry A. Pollard. A period drama written by Sydney Ayres, the film starred William Garwood and Louise Lester.[2]

Plot

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It was described by Moving Picture World shortly after its release:

A pretty picture telling an idyillic love story; it should go very well; for, though it depends on sentiment rather than on thrilling dramatic suspense, it holds the attention strongly and is filled with the atmosphere of the good, old-time stories and poems. The costumes are of the mid-Victorian period in rural England. Many of its scenes are as charming as good pictures. The acting is also excellent quality. Vivian Rich is the heroine; Harry Von Meter, the hero, and Jack Richardson, the light villain. Much of the action is among the hay fields and then the seashore.[3]

Break, Break, Break was a single-reel film produced by the American Film Manufacturing Company and released on September 9, 1914 through the Mutual Film Corporation,[2] which distributed 58 prints.[4]

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Production

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The title comes from a poem by Tennyson.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Break! Break! Break!" Archived July 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Chicago History Museum. Retrieved from University of California, Santa Barbara reproduction on September 7, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Break! Break! Break!" Archived July 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved on September 7, 2009.
  3. ^ "Break! Break! Break!". Moving Picture World. September 19, 1914.
  4. ^ "Motion Pictures 1912–1939". Catalog of Copyright Entries. United States Copyright Office. 1951. p. 89.
  5. ^ Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association (1914). The Moving picture world. California State Library. New York : The World Photographic Publishing Company.
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