Young Romance (1915)
58 mins | Comedy | 21 January 1915
Director:
George H. MelfordWriter:
William C. de MilleCinematographer:
Walter StradlingProduction Designer:
Wilfred BucklandProduction Company:
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.Young Romance was the first film of Broadway stage actress Edith Taliaferro, the younger sister of film star Mabel Taliaferro. Edith was given credit above the title. She would make only two more motion pictures. A pre-production note in various publications stated that studio supervisor Cecil B. DeMille was to be the picture's director; the film credits list him as "Director General." George H. Melford was listed as "Produced by," which in 1915 meant that he was what we now call the director.
Apparently the rocky coast of Maine was chosen as the story's location because it matched the Pacific Coast, apparently north of Los Angeles, where Young Romance was filmed. One of the final scenes, as the couple leave the department store where they work, was filmed on the Hill Street steps of the Los Angeles County Courthouse at First Street.
Praising the humor of Young Romance in the 6 February 1915 Moving Picture World, W. Stephen Bush pointed out a scene in which the two fake "society swells" dine at an expensive French restaurant in Newport: "Poor Tom's distress at the sight of a bill of fare in French, of which he could understand nothing but the fabulous prices ($3.00 for a pressed prairie chicken) was a most exquisite bit of acting. The conscious condescension of the waiter who served the two lovers and whose keen eye penetrated their thin pathetic tinsel of wealth and social glory was characteristic of the perfection in details, which is found in every part of this feature."
Young Romance was released in Great Britain on 21 June 1915, according to ...
Young Romance was the first film of Broadway stage actress Edith Taliaferro, the younger sister of film star Mabel Taliaferro. Edith was given credit above the title. She would make only two more motion pictures. A pre-production note in various publications stated that studio supervisor Cecil B. DeMille was to be the picture's director; the film credits list him as "Director General." George H. Melford was listed as "Produced by," which in 1915 meant that he was what we now call the director.
Apparently the rocky coast of Maine was chosen as the story's location because it matched the Pacific Coast, apparently north of Los Angeles, where Young Romance was filmed. One of the final scenes, as the couple leave the department store where they work, was filmed on the Hill Street steps of the Los Angeles County Courthouse at First Street.
Praising the humor of Young Romance in the 6 February 1915 Moving Picture World, W. Stephen Bush pointed out a scene in which the two fake "society swells" dine at an expensive French restaurant in Newport: "Poor Tom's distress at the sight of a bill of fare in French, of which he could understand nothing but the fabulous prices ($3.00 for a pressed prairie chicken) was a most exquisite bit of acting. The conscious condescension of the waiter who served the two lovers and whose keen eye penetrated their thin pathetic tinsel of wealth and social glory was characteristic of the perfection in details, which is found in every part of this feature."
Young Romance was released in Great Britain on 21 June 1915, according to Pictures and the Picturegoer.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant.
Nellie Nolan, who works at the notions counter in a large New York department store, dreams of living the kind of life about which she reads in romance magazines. After seeing a story about a young American pretending to be a duke and winning the love of a royal princess, Nellie decides to take a week's vacation at Ocean Beach, a Maine seaside resort, under the assumed name of one of her customers, Miss Edith Van Dusen, of Fifth Avenue. Tom Clancy works in hardware at the same store, reads the same magazine, sees the same story, and travels to the same resort as Nellie, using the name Robert De Vignier, of Newport. When Nellie gets stranded on a large rock in the water, he carries her to the sand, and they introduce themselves with great formality. They fall in love, but when word spreads that Edith Van Dusen has inherited $500,000, the fake Count Spagnoli kidnaps Nellie, takes her to an island, and forces her to write him a check for $10,000. After Tom rescues Nellie, and Spagnoli is apprehended, Tom and Nellie sadly part because each feels they are unequal in class. Back at work on Monday, Tom is promoted to the drugs and perfumery counter opposite Nellie's. They ecstatically discover their true identities and embrace during a meal in a cheap ...
Nellie Nolan, who works at the notions counter in a large New York department store, dreams of living the kind of life about which she reads in romance magazines. After seeing a story about a young American pretending to be a duke and winning the love of a royal princess, Nellie decides to take a week's vacation at Ocean Beach, a Maine seaside resort, under the assumed name of one of her customers, Miss Edith Van Dusen, of Fifth Avenue. Tom Clancy works in hardware at the same store, reads the same magazine, sees the same story, and travels to the same resort as Nellie, using the name Robert De Vignier, of Newport. When Nellie gets stranded on a large rock in the water, he carries her to the sand, and they introduce themselves with great formality. They fall in love, but when word spreads that Edith Van Dusen has inherited $500,000, the fake Count Spagnoli kidnaps Nellie, takes her to an island, and forces her to write him a check for $10,000. After Tom rescues Nellie, and Spagnoli is apprehended, Tom and Nellie sadly part because each feels they are unequal in class. Back at work on Monday, Tom is promoted to the drugs and perfumery counter opposite Nellie's. They ecstatically discover their true identities and embrace during a meal in a cheap restaurant.
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