When Lovers Part | |
Director: | Sidney Olcott |
Producer: | Sidney Olcott |
Starring: | Gene Gauntier Jack J. Clark JP McGowan Robert Vignola |
Cinematography: | George K. Hollister |
Studio: | Kalem Company |
Distributor: | General Film Company |
Runtime: | 985 ft |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Silent film (English intertitles) |
When Lovers Part is an American silent film produced by Kalem Company and directed by Sidney Olcott with Gene Gauntier, Jack J. Clark, Robert Vignola and JP McGowan in the leading roles.
A copy is kept in the Desmet collection at Eye Film Institute (Amsterdam).
In the Antebellum South, Nell is banned from seeing her lover by her father. They decide to elope, but their plans are thwarted by the father. When the American Civil War begins both Nell's father and former lover enlist the Confederate Army. Nell's father returns and her lover is traumatized and matured by the war, and at her father's funeral Nell finally accepts his hand in marriage.[1]
The film was shot in Jacksonville, Florida.