Gretna Green (film)
| Gretna Green | |
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 Film poster. | |
| Directed by | Thomas N. Heffron |
| Written by | Thomas Heffron (scenario) |
| Starring | Marguerite Clark Arthur Hoops Wilmuth Merkyl |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 40 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Gretna Green is a 1915 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on the Broadway play by Grace Livingston Furniss and stars Marguerite Clark.[1] The film is now presumed lost.[2]
The film and the play are based on the fame of the Scottish town Gretna Green. The town has become a popular destination for couples who want to legally marry as people under the age of 16 can do so without their parents' consent.[3]
Cast
- Marguerite Clark - Dolly Erskine
- Arthur Hoops - Sir William Chetwynde
- Helen Lutrell - Lady Chetwynde
- Lyster Chambers - Lord Trevor
- Wilmuth Merkyl - Earl of Basset
- George Stilwell - Captain Cardiff
- J. Albert Hall - Colonel Hooker
- Martin Reagan - Innkeeper
- Julia Walcott - Innkeeper's Wife
References
- ^ Nunn, Curtis (1981). Marguerite Clark, America's Darling of Broadway and the Silent Screen. TCU Press. p. 169. ISBN 0-912-64669-1.
- ^ Nunn 1981 p.VII
- ^ Wilson, Neil; Murphy, Alan (2010). Scotland (5 ed.). Neil. p. 189. ISBN 1-742-20374-4.
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