''Gretna Green'' is a 1915 American
silent romantic comedy film directed by
Thomas N. Heffron
Thomas N. Heffron (June 13, 1872 – May 24, 1951) was a screenwriter, actor, and a director. He was born in Nevada, He worked as an attorney and danced in vaudeville before he began his career in film with Thanhousr in 1911, eventually landing ...
and distributed through
Paramount Pictures
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. It is based on the Broadway play by Grace Livingston Furniss and stars
Marguerite Clark. The film is now presumed
lost
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Geography
*Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland
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History
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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 (under Scottish law).
Cast
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Marguerite Clark as Dolly Erskine
*
Arthur Hoops
Arthur Hoops (1870 – September 17, 1916) was an American stage and screen actor.
Biography
Born in Chicago in 1870, on the stage Hoops was primarily associated with actor James K. Hackett. From 1900 on Hoops supported or costarred with Ha ...
as Sir William Chetwynde
* Helen Lutrell as Lady Chetwynde
* Lyster Chambers as Lord Trevor
*
Wilmuth Merkyl
Wilmuth John Merkyl (June 2, 1885 – May 1, 1954) was an American stage and screen actor popular in early silent films. On stage he had also been a singer in light operettas. He was born in Iowa and died in California.''Silent Film Necrology'' ...
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
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1915 films
1910s romantic comedy films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
American films based on plays
Lost American romantic comedy films
Paramount Pictures films
Films directed by Thomas N. Heffron
1915 comedy films
1910s American films
Silent American romantic comedy films
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