Romance and Arabella

1919 American film directed by Walter Edwards
  • February 15, 1919 (1919-02-15)
Running time
50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (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

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

  • 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

  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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

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

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