Let's Elope (film)

Let's Elope
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Directed byJohn S. Robertson
Written byKatherine S. Reed (screenplay)
Based onThe Naughty Wife by Frederick J. Jackson[1]
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
StarringMarguerite Clark
CinematographyHal Young
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 23, 1919 (1919-04-23)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Let's Elope is a lost[2] 1919 American silent comedy film starring Marguerite Clark and directed by John S. Robertson. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. The film is based on The Naughty Wife by Frederick J. Jackson.[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[4] author Hilary Farrington (Mills) is pressed by his publishers and confines himself to his work so closely that his wife Eloise (Clark) feels herself neglected. Darrell McKnight (Glass), free verse devotee, breaks his engagement to Nora Gail (Greene) and implores Eloise to elope with him. She pretends to agree, meaning to thus bring her husband to the realization of his neglect. Hilary is incredulous but Nora guesses the plan and the two then conspire to bring their respective loved ones back into the fold by seeming to do everything in their power to aid them in eloping. The complications which ensue are many and varied, but Eloise finally grasps the significance of their plans, summons her uncle who is a bishop, gets Nora married to Darrell, and goes on a second honeymoon with her husband.

Cast

  • Marguerite Clark as Eloise Farrington
  • Frank R. Mills as Hilary Farrington (*this Frank Mills, stage star born 1870 died 1921)
  • Gaston Glass as Darrell McKnight
  • Helen Greene as Nora Gail
  • Blanche Standing as Maid
  • George Stevens as Butler
  • A. H. Busby as Bishop

See More

List of lost films

References

  1. ^ Alan Goble, ed. (2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Bowker-Saur. p. 241. ISBN 9783110951943.
  2. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Let's Elope
  3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Let's Elope
  4. ^ "Reviews: Let's Elope". Exhibitors Herald. 8 (18). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 39. April 26, 1919.
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