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  • An Old Sweetheart of Mine (1911)
  • Short | Drama, Romance, Short
An Old Sweetheart of Mine (1911)
Short | Drama, Romance, Short
A nicely furnished room with the moon showing through the window, a man of middle age with slightly silvered hair, everything indicating comfort. Lighting his pipe the man settles himself comfortably, picking up idly an old photograph ...See moreA nicely furnished room with the moon showing through the window, a man of middle age with slightly silvered hair, everything indicating comfort. Lighting his pipe the man settles himself comfortably, picking up idly an old photograph album. Soon his interest is aroused. The scene fades into the laughing face of a sweet young girl. Musing, the man goes to the window. The scene fades into the moon-lit lawn with a woman and three happy children playing and singing. Still the fascination of the old sweetheart is strong, the past rising in visions before him. The country boy and girl are seen through the curling smoke of the pipe and fireplace. The young man and young woman are in one of nature's fairest scenes. He is to be a great composer and she listens rapturously to his eloquence. But visions cannot last forever. Suddenly the man is recalled to the present as "Now my dream is broken by a step upon the stair, and the door is softly opened and, my wife is standing there." With her back to the audience she stands in almost an accusing attitude. He gives up his pipe and then slowly shows her the album, confessing his love even now for that old sweetheart. She takes it, faces to the front for the first time, and he turns "To greet the living presence of that old sweetheart of mine." The girl of the album, of the visions and his wife are one and the same. Slowly the picture fades as they come together. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Bannister Merwin
Writers
Bannister Merwin (scenario) | James Whitcomb Riley (poem)
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Updated Oct 17, 1911
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Oct 17, 1911 (United States)

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