Gretna Green (film)

Gretna Green is a 1915 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on the Broadway play by Grace Livingston Furniss and stars Marguerite Clark.^[1] The film is now presumed lost.^[2]

Gretna Green
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Directed by	Thomas N. Heffron
Written by	Thomas Heffron (scenario)
Based on	Gretna Green by Grace Livingston Furniss
Starring	Marguerite Clark Arthur Hoops Wilmuth Merkyl
Production company	Famous Players Film Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 15, 1915 (1915-03-15)
Running time	40 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The film and the play are based on the fame of the Scottish town Gretna Green. The town has become a popular destination for couples who want to legally marry as people under the age of 16 can do so without their parents' consent (under Scottish law).^[3]

Cast

• Marguerite Clark as Dolly Erskine
• Arthur Hoops as Sir William Chetwynde
• Helen Lutrell as Lady Chetwynde
• Lyster Chambers as Lord Trevor
• Wilmuth Merkyl as Earl of Basset
• George Stilwell as Captain Cardiff
• J. Albert Hall as Colonel Hooker
• Martin Reagan as Innkeeper
• Julia Walcott as Innkeeper's Wife