Her Night of Romance
About Her Night of Romance
Samuel C. Adams brings his daughter Dorothy from America to England for her heart. She disguises herself as plain so fortune hunters will leave her alone. Broke Lord Paul Menford sees her without the disguise, is mistaken for the specialist her father wants, and keeps up the act. His agent sells the Menford estate to Adams. After the ruse comes out, a drunken Paul climbs back into his old room, now Dorothy's, and the butler sees him carry her to another bedroom. At breakfast a friend arrives, Paul calls Dorothy his wife, and the village believes it. Adams does too, until he finds Paul preparing to sleep elsewhere. Dorothy agrees to a real wedding, then calls it off when she hears Joe Diamond demand 10 percent for landing an heiress. Adams fakes a letter and a rainstorm with a hose to bring Paul back. Paul sees that the rain falls on only one side of the house, and he kisses her.
Cast & crew
More about Her Night of Romance
Sidney A. Franklin directed. Joseph M. Schenck produced and presented it, and First National Pictures released it in October 1924. Hanns Kräly wrote the story and scenario. The working title was Heart Trouble. Copyright LP20693 is dated 27 October 1924. The picture is eight reels, 7,211 feet. William Cameron Menzies and Park French were the art directors, Clare West designed the wardrobe, and Hal C. Kern edited.
Themes
Reviews
Mordaunt Hall, in The New York Times of 13 January 1925, called it a lively pictorial farce-comedy and said Constance Talmadge was the principal attraction. He wrote that Colman gave an easy and natural performance.
Look
Ray Binger and Victor Milner photographed the film. The sets are by William Cameron Menzies and Park French.
Preservation
Silent Era records 35mm preservation material at the Library of Congress and a 35mm positive in the Cohen Media Group Rohauer holdings. The film is in the public domain in the United States.
Notes
- Ronald Colman plays Lord Paul Menford. Jean Hersholt plays Joe Diamond. Albert Gran plays Samuel C. Adams.
- Silent Era lists Robert Rendel as Sir John Patchwood. Some credit sheets call the same part Prince George.
- A title card calls the liner that docks at Southampton the Gigantic.
- Prints are at the Library of Congress, including a nitrate negative, and in the Cohen Media Group holdings from the Raymond Rohauer collection.
Scenes
- Paul carries the fainted Dorothy into another bedroom while his old butler watches.
- Adams aims a hose so that rain falls on only one side of the house.
