The Wild Flower and the Rose (1910)

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man named Frank Wilson is pressured by his inventor father to marry a wealthy woman named Rose for financial gain. He refuses because he loves someone else, but later that love falls apart. He goes out West, makes his own fortune, and returns to aviation where he reconnects with Rose.

sentimentalromanticbittersweetquietnostalgichopefulmelodramaticstraightforward

What happens

The Wild Flower and the Rose is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film focuses on Frank Wilson, the son of an inventor who has constructed a new airplane model. After failing to secure financing, his father suggests that he marry Rose, the daughter of his wealthy employer, to get the money they need. Jack rejects this idea because he is engaged to another woman, but he soon learns she does not love him. He heads out West to seek a fortune and is quickly successful. He returns to the aviation field and meets Rose again, after a successful flight she confesses to loving him. The cast and staff credits are unknown, but the film may have included scenes from the 1910 International Aviation Meet at Belmont Park. One reviewer claimed that a Wright brothers flyer was also shown in full flight. The film was released on November 25, 1910, but is now presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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