Gretna Green (1915)
40m
Running Time
March 15, 1915
Release Date
Plot.
On a whim and to save the good name of her sister, Dolly Erskine, a light-hearted young woman, declares that a riding master is her husband, not realizing that they have crossed the border into Scotland and that the confession of marriage is binding. However, she has unwittingly become the wife of an earl, falling in love with him in time to prevent a divorce decree. While Dolly is falling in love, the earl continues to pose as a riding master, and as such wins the heart of his pretty bride. Based on the play "Gretna Green," by Grace Livingston Purniss.
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Cast & Crew.
Marguerite Clark
Dolly Erskine
Arthur Hoops
Sir William Chetwynde
Wilmuth Merkyl
Earl of Basset
J. Albert Hall
Colonel Hooker
Helen Lutrell
Lady Chetwynde
Lyster Chambers
Lord Trevor
George Stillwell
Captain Cardiff
Martin Reagan
Innkeeper
Julia Walcott
Innkeeper's Wife
Thomas N. Heffron
Director / Writer
Grace Livingston Furniss
Screenplay
Daniel Frohman
Presenter
Details.
This Movie Is About.
lost film
Wiki.
Gretna Green is a 1915 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on the Broadway play by Grace Livingston Furniss and stars Marguerite Clark. The film is now presumed lost.
The film and the play are based on the fame of the Scottish town Gretna Green. The town has become a popular destination for couples who want to legally marry as people under the age of 16 can do so without their parents' consent (under Scottish law).