A Romance of Happy Valley
About A Romance of Happy Valley
In a small Southern town, John Logan Jr. wants to go to New York for money. His religious parents try prayer and church. His sweetheart Jennie Timberlake at first holds him, then he leaves. Seven years later he comes back rich. A wounded bank robber is hiding near the farm. John Sr., taking his son for the fugitive, tries to kill and rob him. The mistake comes out in time. John Jr. lives, marries Jennie, and stays.
Cast & crew
More about A Romance of Happy Valley
D. W. Griffith directed and produced. Paramount distributed the film. G. W. Bitzer and Karl Brown photographed it. Lillian Gish plays Jennie Timberlake and Robert Harron plays John Logan Jr. George Fawcett, Kate Bruce, Lydia Yeamans Titus, and George Nichols are in the cast.
Themes
Look
G. W. Bitzer and Karl Brown shot the farm and the night attack in which the father does not know his son.
Preservation
Believed lost until 1965, when a print in the Soviet state film archive was given to the Museum of Modern Art.
Notes
- The film was thought lost for nearly fifty years.
- Critics' Choice Video issued a VHS in 1997. Alpha Video issued a Region 0 DVD-R in 2015.
Scenes
- John Sr. tries to kill the man he thinks is a robber and finds it is his son.
- John and Jennie marry after the seven years.
Also available
- Alpha Video DVD-R (2015)
- Critics' Choice Video VHS (1997)
