Lena Rivers
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Violet Horner [Lena Rivers], Harrish Ingraham [Durward Belmont], Mary Moore [Carrie Livingston], Martin J. Faust [Harry Rivers Graham], Mrs. Middleton [Lady Belmont], Harry H. Forman (Harry Forsman) [Mr. Livingston], Mrs. Ford (Lettie Ford) [Grandma Nichols]
Whitman Features Company production; distributed on State Rights basis by Blinkhorn Photoplays Corporation. / From the novel Lena Rivers by Mary Jane Holmes. Scenario editor, John William Kellette. / © 2 October 1914 by Whitman Features Company [LU3458]. Released 11 July 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was previously filmed as Lena Rivers (1914). The novel was subsequently filmed as Lena Rivers (1925).
Drama: Historical.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Lena Nichols falls in love with a wealthy young collegian who is staying in a small New England town and has chosen to call himself by his first two names only, the full name being Harry Rivers Graham. He marries Lena under the name of Rivers, and after a short period of married bliss he’s called back to his home. Thinking he’s deserted her, Lena returns home to give birth to their daughter; brokenhearted, she dies shortly afterwards, and her parents name their granddaughter after her. Harry is informed that his wife is dead and he won’t be able to locate their child. Years pass, and Harry remarries, moves to Kentucky, and sends his stepson Durward to school in the east. Durward meets Lena and they fall in love, but his feelings cool off when he again meets his first sweetheart, Carrie. Meanwhile, Harry Rivers Graham has realized that Lena is his daughter, but he can't tell his wife and stepson, although he shows Lena many attentions to try to make her life happier. His wife and Durward misunderstand these attentions, and the complications that arise cause Lena to leave her uncle’s home. Her collapse under the burden of her troubles, her recovery, and the acknowledgment by her father, coupled with Durward’s loyalty, form a climax well in keeping with Mary Jane Holmes’ novel of the same name.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: USA
Listing updated: 22 December 2024.
References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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