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The Course of True Love
(1910) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 987 feet
Directed by Frank Powell
Cast: Florence Barker [Florabel Thurston], Owen Moore [Ben Lawrence], [?] Elinor Kershaw or Eleanor Kershaw? [the flower girl], Francis J. Grandon [Ben’s friend], Dell Henderson [Ben’s friend], Henry Lehrman [a servant]
Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Cinematography by Arthur Marvin. / © 8 February 1910 by Biograph Company [J138088]. Released 7 February 1910. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] Miss Florabel Thurston is betrothed to Ben Lawrence, a young artist. One day while at work in his studio, a poor little flower seller calls to sell her blossoms. She is cold and hungry, and Lawrence sits her down before the lunch spread for him, but which he has not touched. Friends calling, he pulls a screen around the poor girl that she might finish her lunch unnoticed. It happens that Miss Thurston also calls and, finding the flower girl, leaves abruptly without explanation, until she arrives home and writes breaking off the engagement. The flower girl, learning of the trouble she has innocently caused, hastens to right it. Explanations bring a reconciliation.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 19 February 1910, page ?] If a love story was told from beginning to end without anything to disturb its delightful charm, no doubt it would be so commonplace that it would be lacking in interest. Consequently, various disturbances are interlarded to add to the interest and keep the interest of the reader, or hold the attention of the audience which is watching a picture. In this instance the poor little flower girl who innocently causes the misunderstanding that almost separates the lovers excites one’s pity. She is the pathetic figure in this story, and unquestionably the sympathy of the audience will flow to her. That the lovers make up their differences does not seem strange. Lovers have a way of doing that. That they will live happily ever afterward is equally apparent, and this affords a satisfactory ending to a drama which included something of storm and stress. Like all the Biograph pictures this is well acted and the photography is quite in keeping with the subject and its suggestions.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 8 August 2023.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 42; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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