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When Hearts Are Young
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Jack Drumier [Silas Ross], Rea Martin [Adeline Ross], Irma Dawkins [Letty], Kate Bruce [the widow Prentice], Jack Mulhall [Jack Prentice], Gus Pixley [Old Mike], Adila Comer [Arabella]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 23 April 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
[?] Comedy-Drama?
Synsopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? While his motherless girl was growing up, Silas Ross had remained a widower, without thought of remarriage. But soon Adeline would be leaving the nest, and he would be alone. With so sweet a woman as Mrs. Prentice for his next-door neighbor, it is not to be wondered at that he lost his heart a second time. On her part, the gentle widow found him irresistible, although she wondered what Jack would say when he came home from college. “Let’s keep them in the dark,” suggested Silas. Adeline brought home her chum, Letty, who promptly fell in love with Jack. But he had eyes only for Adeline. So the jealous Letty, discovering their parents’ plot to bring the young people together by pretending to object to their marriage, spitefully told what she knew. Jack and Adeline eloped. Letty, furious on discovering that her plot had failed, departed in high dudgeon. Old Mike, the widower’s gardener, brought word of the elopement, in which he had assisted, and took advantage of the romantic atmosphere to capture the heart of the stubborn Arabella, who kept house for his mistress. The plot having succeeded, Silas pressed the widow to make him the happiest man on earth.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 4 October 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-IMDb.
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