Young Romance (film)

Young Romance is a 1915 American silent romance film directed and produced by George Melford. The film is based on the play of the same name by William C. deMille who also wrote the screenplay. Edith Taliaferro, who made only three films in her career, stars in this film which is the only one of her films that still exists.

Young Romance
Film poster
Directed by	George Melford
Screenplay by	William C. deMille
Based on	Young Romance by William C. deMille
Produced by	George Melford
Starring	Edith Taliaferro Tom Forman
Cinematography	Walter Stradling
Production company	Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures Famous Players–Lasky
Release date	January 21, 1915 (1915-01-21)
Running time	59 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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Cast

Scene still featuring Nellie Nolan (Edith Taliaferro) who learns that the person she is impersonating has just inherited a fortune. Behind her, the criminal Spagnoli (Al Ernest Garcia wearing a small dark moustache) begins to plot.

• Edith Taliaferro as Nellie Nolan
• Tom Forman as Tom Clancy
• Al Garcia as Count Spagnoli
• Raymond Hatton as Jack
• Florence Dagmar as Lou
• Charles Wells as Motor boatman/chauffeur
• Mrs. Lewis McCord as Landlady
• Marshall Mackaye as Bell Boy
• Harry De Vere as Sila Jenkins
• J. Parks Jones as Young Jenkins
• Violet Drew as Telegraph operator
• Gertrude Kellar as Mrs. Jenkins

Home media

Young Romance was released on DVD by Image Entertainment along with Raoul Walsh's Regeneration.

External links

• Young Romance at IMDb
• Young Romance at AllMovie
• Westfall, Bruce (April 1915). "Young Romance". Photoplay. VII (5). Chicago, Ill: Photoplay Publishing Co.: 65ff. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
• Lobby poster