River of Romance
Cast & Crew
Richard Wallace
Charles "buddy" Rogers
Mary Brian
June Collyer
Henry B. Walthall
Wallace Beery
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Synopsis
Tom Rumford, just turned 21 and the son of a grand and traditional plantation-owner and southern general, returns to the South of the 1840's from Philadelphia, where he was brought up by Quaker relatives. Infatuated with his father's coquettish ward, Elvira Jeffers, he becomes engaged and thereby invites the wrath of her former lover, Major Patterson. Patterson, just released from jail, challenges Tom to a duel, and when Tom merely laughs off the crude insult, he is himself disgraced under the Old Southern Code and banished from his father's home. He wanders forlornly into a Natchez saloon, is befriended by notorious rogue Gen. Orlando Jackson, and there proves his mettle by trouncing a feared killer when insulted. Tom's feat earns him praise. Disguised as the "Notorious Colonel Blake," Tom returns home for the masquerade ball-debut of Elvira's younger sister, Lucy, whose affection for Tom remained steadfast throughout his earlier trials.Tom exposes Patterson, reveals his own identity, regains his father's good graces, and marries Lucy.
Director
Richard Wallace
Cast
Charles "buddy" Rogers
Mary Brian
June Collyer
Henry B. Walthall
Wallace Beery
Fred Kohler
Natalie Kingston
Walter Mcgrail
Anderson Lawler
Mrs. George Fawcett
George Reed
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Notes
Booth Tarkington's play was also the basis for the 1924 Famous Players-Lasky production The Fighting Coward, directed by James Cruze and starring Ernest Torrence and Mary Astor (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30) and the 1935 Paramount production Mississippi, directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Bing Crosby and W.C. Fields (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-40).
