Gretna Green (1915 film)

Gretna Green
Film poster.
Directed by	Thomas N. Heffron
Written by	Thomas Heffron (scenario)
Based on	Gretna Green  by Grace Livingston Furniss
Starring	Marguerite Clark Arthur Hoops Wilmuth Merkyl
Production company	Famous Players Film Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	March 15, 1915
Running time	40 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Gretna Green is a 1915 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on the Broadway play by Grace Livingston Furniss and stars Marguerite Clark.^[1] The film is now presumed lost.^[2]

The film and the play are based on the fame of the Scottish town Gretna Green. The town has become a popular destination for couples who want to legally marry as people under the age of 16 can do so without their parents' consent.^[3]

Cast

• Marguerite Clark - Dolly Erskine
• Arthur Hoops - Sir William Chetwynde
• Helen Lutrell - Lady Chetwynde
• Lyster Chambers - Lord Trevor
• Wilmuth Merkyl - Earl of Basset
• George Stilwell - Captain Cardiff
• J. Albert Hall - Colonel Hooker
• Martin Reagan - Innkeeper
• Julia Walcott - Innkeeper's Wife

References

1. Nunn, Curtis (1981). Marguerite Clark, America's Darling of Broadway and the Silent Screen. TCU Press. p. 169. ISBN 0-912-64669-1.
2. Nunn 1981 p.VII
3. Wilson, Neil; Murphy, Alan (2010). Scotland (5 ed.). Neil. p. 189. ISBN 1-742-20374-4.

External links

• Gretna Green at the Internet Movie Database
• Gretna Green at AllMovie
• Lantern slide