The Spring of Life
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Dell Henderson
Cast: Grace Lewis [the innkeeper’s daughter], Edward Dillon [the innkeeper’s daughter’s suitor], William J. Butler [the innkeeper’s daughter’s cruel papa], William A. Carroll [the first Spring of Life patient], Frank Opperman [the second Spring of Life patient], Gus Pixley [the first Spring of Life employee], Bud Duncan [the second Spring of Life employee]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a scresn story by Florence Lee. / Released 13 March 1913; in a split-reel with Tightwad’s Predicament (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Billy’s father suffers from a nervous breakdown and the manager of the sanatorium at which he is stopping suggests that he visit a certain spring in the mountains, noted for its curative properties. The old man takes his advice and takes Billy with him, and Billy becomes infatuated with the innkeeper’s daughter and wins her through a unique scheme.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 October 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.
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