A Romance of Billy Goat Hill (1916)
Melodrama | 9 October 1916
The 19 August 1916 Moving Picture World reported that director Lynn Reynolds was filming Romance of Billy Goat Hill "and [would] take at least four weeks more to complete."
Wid's praised the film's "distinctive scenes, such as the snowstorm bits, the night photography exteriors, and the ballroom setting. The effect of a swimmer being pursued by a shark is rather well put over." New York Clipper likewise liked the "race for life between a man and shark," but declared, "There is nothing distinctive about this film, which tells an ordinary melodramatic tale of love and adventure in a common place manner."
The 14 October 1916 Moving Picture World gave the following review: "It is located on a Southern estate, for the most part, and there are many pleasing characters."
The 14 November 1913 Variety mentioned that a "book play" of A Romance of Billy Goat Hill, produced by Lee Morrison, was sent on a tour of Southern cities, beginning in Lexington, KY, and closing "last week" in San Antonio, TX.
A Romance on Billy Goat Hill was one of five feature films Reynolds made with the same cast and crew while traveling around California. See also The End of the Rainbow, The Girl of Lost Lake, It Happened in Honolulu, and The Secret of the Swamp (all 1916).
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, only the fourth and fifth reels of this film are extant. ...
The 19 August 1916 Moving Picture World reported that director Lynn Reynolds was filming Romance of Billy Goat Hill "and [would] take at least four weeks more to complete."
Wid's praised the film's "distinctive scenes, such as the snowstorm bits, the night photography exteriors, and the ballroom setting. The effect of a swimmer being pursued by a shark is rather well put over." New York Clipper likewise liked the "race for life between a man and shark," but declared, "There is nothing distinctive about this film, which tells an ordinary melodramatic tale of love and adventure in a common place manner."
The 14 October 1916 Moving Picture World gave the following review: "It is located on a Southern estate, for the most part, and there are many pleasing characters."
The 14 November 1913 Variety mentioned that a "book play" of A Romance of Billy Goat Hill, produced by Lee Morrison, was sent on a tour of Southern cities, beginning in Lexington, KY, and closing "last week" in San Antonio, TX.
A Romance on Billy Goat Hill was one of five feature films Reynolds made with the same cast and crew while traveling around California. See also The End of the Rainbow, The Girl of Lost Lake, It Happened in Honolulu, and The Secret of the Swamp (all 1916).
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, only the fourth and fifth reels of this film are extant.
In a Southern town, Don Morley is apparently the sole witness to a gunfight during which his friend, Lee Dillingham, badly wounds Sheely. To avoid testifying against Lee, Don leaves town, but Lee double-crosses him by blaming him for the shooting. Don's sweetheart, Miss Lady, daughter of a local colonel, is heartbroken to learn that Don is a criminal, so when her own father suddenly dies in a train accident, she marries the elderly Professor Querrington. To take her mind off her mundane marriage, Miss Lady befriends Chick, a mute boy, and pays for an operation that restores his speech. The professor dies, and not long afterward, Don, unaware of his alleged guilt, returns to town to find himself charged with Lee's crime. A guilty verdict in his trial seems assured until Chick, now able to speak, announces that he too had witnessed the gunfight, and that it was Lee who wounded Sheely. Then, with his name cleared and his sweetheart once again single, Don marries Miss ...
In a Southern town, Don Morley is apparently the sole witness to a gunfight during which his friend, Lee Dillingham, badly wounds Sheely. To avoid testifying against Lee, Don leaves town, but Lee double-crosses him by blaming him for the shooting. Don's sweetheart, Miss Lady, daughter of a local colonel, is heartbroken to learn that Don is a criminal, so when her own father suddenly dies in a train accident, she marries the elderly Professor Querrington. To take her mind off her mundane marriage, Miss Lady befriends Chick, a mute boy, and pays for an operation that restores his speech. The professor dies, and not long afterward, Don, unaware of his alleged guilt, returns to town to find himself charged with Lee's crime. A guilty verdict in his trial seems assured until Chick, now able to speak, announces that he too had witnessed the gunfight, and that it was Lee who wounded Sheely. Then, with his name cleared and his sweetheart once again single, Don marries Miss Lady.
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