Romance
Cast & Crew
Chet Withey
Basil Sydney
June Ellen Terry
Arthur Rankin
Vangie Valentine
Doris Keane
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Synopsis
When Harry Armstrong's uncle, the Bishop of New York, tries to dissuade him from marrying an actress, Harry accuses the old man of being ignorant of love. This accusation elicits the bishop's story of his own love, forty years earlier, for the famous opera singer, Cavallini. As a young clergyman, he fell in love with the singer, eventually earning her love. Cavallini attempted to cool his ardor by confessing her unchasteness, but the young clergyman was determined to possess her at any cost. Finally, her purity of spirit won out, and she sent him away forever. At the conclusion of his uncle's story, Harry is more determined than ever to marry his actress; and the bishop, awakened to sympathy by his own recollections, gives his consent.
Director
Chet Withey
Cast
Basil Sydney
June Ellen Terry
Arthur Rankin
Vangie Valentine
Doris Keane
Basil Sydney
Norman Trevor
Amelia Summerville
A. J. Herbert
Gilda Varesi
John Davidson
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Notes
Doris Keane, who was married to her co-star, Basil Sydney, also starred in the stage version of the story. Although the film was produced at the D. W. Griffith studio in Mamaroneck, Long Island, and Griffith originally was to produce it, material in the D. W. Griffith Papers indicates that it was not a D. W. Griffith production and that his name was not to appear in advertisements in connection with the film. M-G-M Pictures produced a film based on the same source in 1930. It starred Greta Garbo and Lewis Stone, and was directed by Clarence Brown. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.4671.)
