Volume II: Filmography

THE HARVEST OF REGRETS

September 27, 1914 (Sunday)

Length: 1 reel (993 feet)

Character: Drama

Director: Arthur Ellery

Cameramen: Henry Cronjager, Lawrence Fowler

Cast: Justus D. Barnes (Mr. Sheldon), Mildred Heller (Mary Sheldon), Harry Benham (Harry Moreland), David H. Thompson (Red Morrisey), Ethel Stevens (Kate, the adventuress), N.S. Woods, Bill Sullivan, J.S. Murray, Al Reitz, Walter Scott, Lord McCaskill, Howard Mitchell, W. Eugene Moore, Jr., Charles Emerson, James Dunne

Location: Franklin Furnace, New Jersey

Note: A Thanhouser advertisement in the September 26, 1914 issue of The Moving Picture World noted: "featuring Morris Foster, Miss Kroell, Sidney Bracy, and John Lehnberg." Presumably, the advertisement was in error. This cast listing was probably intended for The Emperor's Spy (released September 13, 1914).

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, September 12, 1914:

"Sheldon and his daughter Mary live in a small Western settlement. When Sheldon hears that Henry Moreland, his boyhood chum in the East, has died, he invites Moreland's son, Harry, to come out to Montana. The young man accepts gladly, for he has become involved with an adventuress, and is exceedingly anxious to get out of the woman's clutches. In the West, he falls in love with Mary Sheldon, and all goes well until Kate, the adventuress, is in need of more money. She follows him, and with the aid of Red Morrisey, an unwelcome suitor of Mary's, manages to expose Harry's past to the girl and her father. Before Harry can explain anything, Mary, in tears, has driven him from the house. A few days later, while Sheldon is away, Morrisey forces himself into Mary's presence. Harry arrives just in time to save her from insult. Convinced of Harry's courage and devotion, the Sheldons forgive everything, and Harry and Mary are happy."

REVIEW, The Bioscope, January 14, 1915:

"An old but effective story, splendidly told by some of Thanhouser's best players, including Harry Benham, who is certainly as sound and polished an actor as may be seen on the screen. The plot deals with the love story of a fast young man who goes to the country to marry a girl for her money. Having met her, however, he rapidly falls in love, and then has cause to repent certain rash statements which he has made in the past as to his motives, and which are quoted against him by an unscrupulous rival. After numerous dramatic situations the play ends happily."

REVIEW, The Morning Telegraph, September 27, 1914:

"A young man visits a friend of his father in the West and while staying in his house falls in love with his daughter. The affair is brought to a sudden end, however, when an adventuress with whom the boy had been infatuated puts in an appearance and demands money. He saves his sweetheart from insult, however, and thereby is returned to her good graces."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, October 10, 1914:

"An extravagant young city fellow leaves his city mistress to go West to marry the daughter of his father's friend. The adventuress follows and exposes their old relationship. The young man afterward saves the girl from the attack of another man and thus wins forgiveness. This is handled with only a fair degree of strength."

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