A Great Love
About A Great Love
Painter Harold du Vane (Hayward Mack) neglects his wife Lillian (Mina Cunard) for his pictures. They quarrel, and he goes to the woods to work. Nearby, woodcutter Dave Woodward (J. Edwin Brown) lives with his daughter Nell (Vola Vale). Jim Smith (Norbert A. Myles) loves Nell and she will not take him seriously. Harold asks Nell to pose. The sitting breaks up both pairs. Harold and Lillian are reconciled at the end.
Cast & crew
More about A Great Love
Clifford S. Elfelt directed this Universal Big U short. Elfelt, Fred Myton, and Olga Printzlau wrote it. Moving Picture World published the synopsis that matches the cast. It was released on 28 July 1916. A surviving print at the EYE Filmmuseum runs 12 minutes 33 seconds and carries Dutch intertitles. It is not an American Film Company picture.
Themes
Making
Universal sent Elfelt's company into a wooded camp for the second half: a woodcutter's cabin, a posing session, and the two men who both want Nell.
Preservation
The EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam holds a print with Dutch intertitles, timed at 12 minutes 33 seconds.
Notes
- Vola Vale is billed as Vola Smith on some copies of the cast.
- J. Edwin Brown is also credited as Edward Brown.
- Elfelt's own filmography, as printed later, lists A Great Love among his 1916 Universal shorts.
- The EYE print's Dutch titles are a later distribution copy, not the American release text.
- Harold's wife and the model are different women. The quarrel starts because he will not leave the easel.
Scenes
- Harold tells Lillian he is going where he can paint without being interrupted.
- Nell agrees to pose, and Jim, who has been courting her, is shut out.
- Harold and Lillian reconcile.