''The Town of Nazareth'' is a 1914 American silent

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starring

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, William Bertram,

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, George Field and

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. Written by

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, the film was released by the

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on March 30, 1914, in two reels.<

Cast

as Ralph Rosney, the Poet-Philosopher * William Bertram as Wilson, a wealthy cloth manufacturer *

as Miriam, his daughter * Josephine Ditt as Jane Rosney, Ralph's sister * George Field as Walter Castler, who married the girl he loves *

as Mary *

as Frank, son of Mary and Walter, age 5

Reception

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'' said of the film, "This is Emerson's mouse trap theory done into pictures." In a film review, ''

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'' stated: "A two-part offering that would have been better in one reel. The theme is a double love story, of a poet who lost in love, and of the son of the girl he loved who, refusing the poet, married a dyer of the Vermont village, Nazreth. The poet becomes famous; the dyer, without good reason, accounts himself a failure and runs away and dies. How the son is sent to Harvard and after attempting to make good in the city comes home and makes business come to him is the chief interest in the second reel. There are crude things in it a-plenty and good, things, too. The atmosphere of the country town makes the story interesting. The acting is fair and the photography acceptable. A fair offering; a bit above the commercial plane."

References

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* 1914 films 1914 drama films Silent American drama films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1914 short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-drama-film-stub