Gretna Green (1915 film)

Gretna Green
Film poster
Directed by	Thomas N. Heffron
Written by	Thomas Heffron (scenario)
Based on	Gretna Green by Grace Livingston Furniss
Starring	Marguerite Clark Arthur Hoops Wilmuth Merkyl
Production company	Famous Players Film Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 15, 1915 (1915-03-15)
Running time	40 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Gretna Green is a 1915 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on the Broadway play by Grace Livingston Furniss and stars Marguerite Clark.^[1] The film is now presumed lost.^[2]

The film and the play are based on the fame of the Scottish town Gretna Green. The town has become a popular destination for couples who want to legally marry as people under the age of 16 can do so without their parents' consent.^[3]

Cast

Marguerite Clark as Dolly Erskine
Arthur Hoops as Sir William Chetwynde
Helen Lutrell as Lady Chetwynde
Lyster Chambers as Lord Trevor
Wilmuth Merkyl as Earl of Basset
George Stilwell as Captain Cardiff
J. Albert Hall as Colonel Hooker
Martin Reagan as Innkeeper
Julia Walcott as Innkeeper's Wife

References

↑ Nunn, Curtis (1981). Marguerite Clark, America's Darling of Broadway and the Silent Screen. TCU Press. p. 169. ISBN 0-912646-69-1.
↑ Nunn 1981 p.VII
↑ Wilson, Neil; Murphy, Alan (2010). Scotland (5 ed.). Neil. p. 189. ISBN 1-74220-374-4.

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