Romance and Arabella

Romance and Arabella
Romance and Arabella
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Directed by	Walter Edwards
Written by	Edith Kennedy
Based on	Romance and Arabella; by William Hurlbut
Produced by	Lewis J. Selznick
Starring	Constance Talmadge; Harrison Ford; Monte Blue
Cinematography	James Van Trees
Production; company	Selznick Pictures
Distributed by	Select Pictures
Release date	February 15, 1919;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Romance and Arabella is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Walter Edwards and starring Constance Talmadge, Harrison Ford, and Monte Blue.^[1]^[2]

Plot[edit]

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Arabella Cadenhouse is a very young widow and seeks thrills in her next match. She is loved by Bill, a long-time sweetheart, but decides that life with him would be too placid. Each man she meets attracts her anew. She finally decides on a noted doctor, but when he appears one-half hour late she becomes infuriated and refuses to marry him, and continues the wedding with Bill instead.

Cast[edit]

Constance Talmadge as Arabella Cadenhouse
Harrison Ford as Bill
Gertrude Claire as Aunt Effie
Monte Blue as Harry Atteridge
Arthur Edmund Carewe as Claude Estabrook
Antrim Short as Peter Harper
James Neill as Dr. Henry

References[edit]

^ Goble p. 933
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Romance and Arabella at silentera.com
^ "Tried and Proven Pictures: Romance and Arabella". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 24–25. 8 March 1924. Retrieved 22 September 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography[edit]

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links[edit]

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[1] Goble p. 933

[2] Progressive Silent Film List: Romance and Arabella at silentera.com

[3] "Tried and Proven Pictures: Romance and Arabella". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 24–25. 8 March 1924. Retrieved 22 September 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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