''The River of Romance'' is a 1916 silent film drama directed by

Henry Otto Henry Otto (August 8, 1877 – August 3, 1952) was an American silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. Otto contributed to over 150 films throughout his career working as an actor and a director throughout. He directed many ...

and distributed by

Metro Pictures Metro Pictures Corporation was a motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leased f ...

. The film starred

Harold Lockwood Harold A. Lockwood (April 12, 1887 – October 19, 1918) was an American silent film actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most popular matinee idols of the early film period during the 1910s. Early life and career Born in Brookl ...

and

May Allison May Allison (June 14, 1890 – March 27, 1989) was an American actress whose greatest success was achieved in the early part of the 20th century in silent films, although she also appeared on stage. Life and career Allison was born in Rising ...

Cast

- William Kissam Kellogg, aka Sam *

- Rosalind Chalmers * Lester Cuneo - Reginald Williams *A. H. Busby - Henry Davidson (*as Bert Busby) *Lee Walker - Stephen Witherbee *

Mathilde Brundage Mathilde Brundage (September 22, 1859 – May 6, 1939) was an American actress. She appeared in 87 films between 1914 and 1928. Also known as Bertha Brundage, she was born in Louisville, Kentucky. For much of her life, her family thwarted her de ...

- Mrs. Stephen Witherbee (*as Mrs. Mathilde Brundage) *Lilliam Halperin - Polly Witherbee *Philip W. Masi - Tom Witherbee (*as Phil Masi) *Dan Hanlon - Butler

Preservation status

*A copy is held in the foreign archive, Archives du Film du CNC Bois d'Arcy. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''The River of Romance''
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References

External links

The River of Romance at IMDb.com
* 1916 films American silent feature films Metro Pictures films Films directed by Henry Otto Films based on American novels Silent American drama films 1916 drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub