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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1132

A Romance of Happy Valley

191960 minUnited States

Synopsis

John leaves his Southern hometown for New York despite his parents' objections and his sweetheart's wish that he stay. Years later he returns with the success he had sought. A nearby fugitive and his father's mistaken assumptions make the homecoming unexpectedly dangerous.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 76:02
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · D. W. Griffith · Public domain

Cast

Lillian Gish

DirectorsD. W. Griffith

Reception and legacy

The Griffith drama was believed lost for decades before a print was found in the Soviet film archives in 1965. Its recovery returned a Lillian Gish performance to the surviving record of the director's work.

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Lillian Gish — Bain News Service; Uploaded by Calliopejen ; Edited by jjron . · Public domain

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