Young Romance
About Young Romance
Nellie Nolan, at the notions counter of a New York department store, takes a week at Ocean Beach, Maine, under the name of a customer, Edith Van Dusen. Tom Clancy, from the hardware counter, reads the same magazine story and checks in as Robert De Vignier of Newport. He carries her off a rock, they fall in love, and a fake count, Spagnoli, kidnaps her for a check when a rumor says Edith has inherited $500,000. Tom gets her back and Spagnoli is caught, then the two clerks part, each sure the other is out of reach.
Cast & crew
More about Young Romance
George Melford directed and produced William C. deMille's screenplay of his own play, and Paramount released it on 21 January 1915. Walter Stradling photographed it and Wilfred Buckland designed it. The AFI Catalog times it at 58 minutes, and Wikipedia says 59.
Themes
Look
Walter Stradling shot the department-store counters and the Maine resort impersonation.
Preservation
Wikipedia says this is the only Edith Taliaferro film that still exists.
Notes
- Edith Taliaferro plays Nellie, her first film, billed above the title. She made only two more pictures, and this is the one that survives.
- Tom Forman plays Tom Clancy. Al Ernest Garcia plays Spagnoli.
- Cecil B. DeMille is credited as director general, not as director. A pre-production note had him directing.
- The AFI synopsis is the source for Ocean Beach, the $500,000 rumor, and the $10,000 check.
Scenes
- Tom carries Nellie off the rock and they trade false names.
- Spagnoli takes her to an island and makes her write a check.
Influenced by
- William C. deMille's play Young Romance
Also available
- Internet Archive (YoungRomance1915.3gp)
