''A Hoosier Romance'' is a 1918

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silent film, featuring actress Colleen Moore.

Plot

Pretty Patience Thompson, a "girl with a singing soul," lives with her cold-hearted and avaricious father, Jeff Thompson, on their Indiana farm. Her life of drudgery is brightened by John, the hired hand, but when he asks for her hand in marriage, the old man flies into a rage and discharges him. Soon an aged but wealthy widower courts Patience, and although she still loves John, "Old Jeff" orders her to marry the widower, claiming that a father's will is the law. Aware of her unhappiness, the kindly squire and his wife arrange for John to hide in the Thompson home on the day of the wedding. With all of the guests assembled, Patience runs from the room and pretends to escape on a horse, and while the two old men search the fields for her, she quietly marries John.

Cast

* Colleen Moore - Patience Thompson *

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- Jeff Thompson *

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- John * Edward Jobson - The squire *

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- The squire's wife * Frank Hayes - The widower

Details

Filmed in California but set in

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, the film is based on a story by

James Whitcomb Riley James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry. His ...

.https://books.google.com/books?id=RP4hAQAAMAAJ&dq=a+hoosier+romance&pg=PT12 ''A Hoosier Romance'' In ''A Hoosier Romance'', the author appeared posthumously as the narrator of the film, the material taken from previously shot images of him telling stories to children.

References

;Notes ;Bibliography *Jeff Codori (2012), ''Colleen Moore; A Biography of the Silent Film Star''
McFarland Publishing
(Print , EBook ).

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoosier Romance Films directed by Colin Campbell Films set in Indiana Films shot in California American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films based on works by James Whitcomb Riley 1910s American films