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Romance is a american film of genre Drama directed by Chester Withey released in USA on 16 may 1920 with Doris Keane

Romance (1920)

Romance
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Released in USA 16 may 1920
Length 1h10
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama

Romance is a 1920 American silent film directed by Chester Withey and released through United Artists. The film is based on the 1913 play Romance by Edward Sheldon and stars Doris Keane, the actress who created the role in the play. This was Miss Keane's only motion picture. D.W. Griffith allowed the use of his Mamaroneck Studios for the production. The nephew of Griffith's favorite cameraman, Billy Bitzer, was the cinematographer. The story was later remade as Romance in 1930, an early talking vehicle for Greta Garbo.

No copies of Romance are known to survive making it another lost film.

Synopsis

As described in a film publication, a youth (Arthur Rankin) in the prologue seeks advice from his grandfather (Sydney), who then recalls a romance of his own youth which is then shown as a flashback. A priest (Sydney) is in love with an Italian opera singer (Keane), and the drama involves the conflict between his efforts to rise above worldly things or to leave with her. The romance ends with a deep note of pathos.

Actors

Doris Keane

(Madame Cavallini)Basil Sydney

(The priest)Betty Ross Clarke

(Susan Van Tuyl)Amelia Summerville

(Miss Armstrong)John Davidson

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