The Flight of the Duchess
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Eugene Nowland
Director
Gladys Hulette
The Earl's Wardrobe
Robert Gray
The Earl
Burnett Parker
The Duke
Nellie Parker Spaulding
His mother
Wayne Arey
Gypsy blacksmith
Film Details
Release Date
Mar
11,
1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Thanhouser Film Corp.
Distribution Company
Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De Luxe Edition
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the poem "The Flight of the Duchess" by Robert Browning (England, 1845).
Synopsis
A modern duke decides to live as his ancestors did, so he makes his castle and his servants conform to medieval standards. Ignoring modern rules of social conduct, he sends a message to the Earl in which he insists on marrying the Earl's ward. Following the Duke's orders, the ward rides to his castle, stopping on the way only to have a gypsy blacksmith re-shoe her horse. Upon her arrival, she is amused at how the Duke has turned back the clock, but disgusted by his oppressively medieval attitude toward women. As a result, after a brief stay in the fourteenth century, she elopes with the gypsy blacksmith.
Director
Eugene Nowland
Director
Cast
Gladys Hulette
The Earl's Wardrobe
Robert Gray
The Earl
Burnett Parker
The Duke
Nellie Parker Spaulding
His mother
Wayne Arey
Gypsy blacksmith
Caroline Lee
His mother
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
Mar
11,
1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Thanhouser Film Corp.
Distribution Company
Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Masterpictures De Luxe Edition
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the poem "The Flight of the Duchess" by Robert Browning (England, 1845).
