Volume II: Filmography

A RURAL ROMANCE

(Princess)

August 14, 1914 (Friday)

Length: 1 reel (998 feet)

Character: Comedy

Director: Arthur Ellery

Scenario: Philip Lonergan

Cast: Muriel Ostriche (Kate [or Muriel] Winslow), Boyd Marshall (Boyd Jameson), J.S. Murray (Henry Jameson, Boyd's father), John Reinhard (John Winslow, Muriel's father), Reenie Farrington (Nina, Muriel's sister), N.S. Woods (James, Boyd's valet), James Dunne

Notes: 1. The Moving Picture World, in a review in the issue of September 26, 1914, erroneously attributed the script to Thomas B. Ince and R.B. Spencer and gave the length as two reels. Presumably, this review was intended to be that of an Ince and Spencer film rather than A Rural Romance. 2. The cast listing preceding the synopsis in Reel Life, August 8, 1914, mentions that John Winslow has two daughters, Kate and Muriel; the text of the synopsis mentions only one daughter, named Kate. The cast listing in the same issue gives the daughters' names as Nina and Muriel (see above cast listing taken from that source).

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, August 8, 1914:

"John Winslow and Henry Jameson, who have been old business rivals, decide to bury the hatchet and seal a lasting peace with the marriage of Jameson's son, Boyd, to Winslow's daughter, Kate. When Boyd meets Kate, however, he decides that while she is a charming girl, he does not care to marry her. His father disowns him and, accompanied by his valet, the young man tours the country. In a remote village he falls in love with a delightful girl who is visiting her aunt. They are in the act of eloping, when they meet Jameson and Winslow. Then Boyd learns that his sweetheart is Kate's sister."

REVIEW, The Bioscope, November 19, 1914:

"A very pretty, quiet and simple rural love comedy. There is nothing remarkable about either plot or acting, which are both quite conventional, but the film is entirely pleasing. It deals with the love affairs of an obstinate young man, and the skillful maneuvers of his valet who plays Cupid, under instructions from his master's father."

REVIEW, The Morning Telegraph, August 9, 1914:

"Two old men, enemies of long standing, decide to bury the hatchet and arrange that the son of one, Boyd, shall marry the daughter of the other, Kate. Son can't see it and is disowned. He goes to a little village, falls in love with a charming young lady who is visiting there and finds that she is Kate's sister."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, August 29, 1914:

"A businessman desires his eldest daughter to marry one of his friends [sic; the synopsis says son of a business rival], but the girl refuses. Later the friend meets the youngest daughter at a country place and falls in love with her. The story is agreeable in tone but lacks any big moments and is not treated in a very novel way."

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