Young Romance (1915 film)
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Young Romance is a 1915 silent
film romance produced by Jesse Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures
. It is based on a play, Young Romance, by William C. deMille
and was directed by George Melford. Edith Taliaferro
, who made only three films in her career, stars in the film and it's the only one of her films that is extant. This film can be found on the home video KinoDVD shared by Raoul Walsh's Regeneration.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
film romance produced by Jesse Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
. It is based on a play, Young Romance, by William C. deMille
William C. DeMille
Willam C. deMille was an American screenwriter and film director from the silent movie era through the early 1930s. He was also a noted playwright prior to moving into film. Once he was established in film he specialized in adapting Broadway plays into silent films...
and was directed by George Melford. Edith Taliaferro
Edith Taliaferro
Edith Taliaferro was a popular Broadway actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was active on the stage until 1935 and she had roles in three silent films. She is best known for her 1913 performance in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm...
, who made only three films in her career, stars in the film and it's the only one of her films that is extant. This film can be found on the home video KinoDVD shared by Raoul Walsh's Regeneration.
Cast
- Edith TaliaferroEdith TaliaferroEdith Taliaferro was a popular Broadway actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was active on the stage until 1935 and she had roles in three silent films. She is best known for her 1913 performance in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm...
as Nellie Nolan - Tom FormanTom FormanTom Forman was a motion picture actor, writer, and producer of the early 1920s.- Life and career :Texas-born Forman made his first film for Jesse L. Lasky's production company in 1914. With the exception of service at the front during World War I, he had a successful career as both an actor and...
as Tom Clancy - Al Garcia as Count Spagnoli
- Raymond HattonRaymond HattonRaymond William Hatton was an American movie actor who appeared in almost five hundred movies, including a stint of being paired in 1920s comedies with Wallace Beery....
as Jack - Florence Dagmar as Lou
- Charles Wells as motor boatman/chauffer
- Mrs. Lewis McCord as landlady
- Marshall Mackaye as Bell Boy
- Harry De Vere as Sila Jenkins
- J. Parks Jones as Young Jenkins
- Violet Drew as Telegraph operator
- Gertrude Kellar as Mrs. Jenkins