''One on Romance'' is a 1913 American silent

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romance comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by

Edwin Middleton Edwin Middleton (1865–1929) was a film director in the United States. He worked in theater as part of a stock company from Philadelphia before his film career. In 1891, he was an actor in a production titled ''Sin and Shadow''. In 1906, h ...

, written by Anita Bresman, produced by

Siegmund Lubin Siegmund Lubin (born Zygmunt Lubszyński, April 20, 1851 – September 11, 1923) was an American motion picture pioneer who founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company (1902–1917) of Philadelphia. Biography Siegmund Lubin was born as Zygmunt L ...

and starring

Jack Barrymore John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly att ...

. It's a

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on a split reel, where two films are placed on the same

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. The films was produced by the Philadelphia-based

Lubin Manufacturing Company The Lubin Manufacturing Company was an American motion picture production company that produced silent films from 1896 to 1916. Lubin films were distributed with a Liberty Bell trademark. History The Lubin Manufacturing Company was formed in 1 ...

and was lost in an explosion and fire at the Lubin vaults in 1914.

Cast

as Jack Wilson *

Eleanor Caines Eleanor Caines (1870 or 1880–1913) was an American silent film actress. She spent most of her film career at the Lubin Film Company. Caines died in 1913 in her hometown Philadelphia.''Who Was Who on Screen'', c.1977 2nd Edition by Evelyn Ma ...

as Helen Ross * Frank DeVernon as Howard Ross - Helen's Father * Charles Bartlett

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* {{Edwin Middleton American silent short films American black-and-white films Lost American romantic comedy films 1910s romantic comedy films Lubin Manufacturing Company films General Film Company 1913 lost films 1913 comedy films 1913 films Films directed by Edwin Middleton 1910s American films Silent romantic comedy films Silent American comedy films

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