Gloria's Romance

Gloria's Romance

Directed by	Walter Edwin Colin Campbell
Produced by	George Kleine
Written by	Rupert Hughes
Starring	Billie Burke Henry Kolker David Powell
Music by	Jerome Kern
Cinematography	Sidney Hickox
Distributed by	George Kleine
Release dates	May 22, 1916 (1916-05-22) (Chapter 1)
Running time	40 reels; 20 chapters (12,000 meters, 39,370 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Gloria's Romance was a 1916 silent film serial starring Billie Burke. Serial films, also called chapter plays, were shorter films that were typically run before the main feature film, each of which was part of a longer story, and ended in a cliffhanger, thus encouraging the audience to return every week.

The film was Burke's second outing as a film actress, and one of the very rare occasions in which a Broadway performer of her magnitude starred in a chapter play. In its original form, this serial comprised 20 chapters and was 40 reels long, which was several chapters longer than most of the time.

Gloria's Romance marked the debut of actor Richard Barthelmess. It was written by Rupert Hughes and his wife and produced by George Kleine. Walter Edwin and Colin Campbell served as principal directors. It is a lost film.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Film still of Billie Burke boxing with woman in a gymnasium.

Billie Burke as Gloria Stafford (*as Miss Billie Burke)
Henry Kolker as Dr. Stephen Royce
David Powell as Richard Freneau, a Broker
William Roselle as David Stafford, Gloria's Brother
Frank Belcher as Frank Lulry, Freneau's Partner
William T. Carleton as Pierpont Stafford
Jule Power as Lois Freeman, Judge Freeman's Daughter
Henry Weaver as Judge Freeman
Frank McGlynn, Sr. as Gideon Trask
Helen Hart as Nell Trask
Maxfield Moree as Stass Casimir
Maurice Steuart as
Rapley Holmes as Chooey McFadden
Adelaide Hastings as Gloria's Governess
Ralph Bunker
Richard Barthelmess - extra (*uncredited)

Plot

An adventurous young girl in Florida (Burke) gets lost in the Everglades. There she finds terror and excitement, as well as the rivalry of two men in love with her.

List of chapters

Lost in the Everglades
Caught by the Seminoles
A Perilous Love
The Social Vortex
The Gathering Storm
Hidden Fires
The Harvest of Sin
The Mesh of Mystery
The Shadow of Scandal
Tangled Threads
The Fugitive Witness
Her Fighting Spirit
The Midnight Riot
The Floating Trap
The Murderer at Bay
A Modern Pirate
The Tell-Tale Envelope
The Bitter Truth
Her Vow Fulfilled
Love's Reward

References

↑ "Gloria's Romance". silentera.com.
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films: 1911-20, The American Film Institute, c. 1988

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