The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914)

Directed by

Maurice Tourneur

Genre

drama film, silent film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

54 min

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman tries to help a poor nobleman find happiness. She uses a magical ring to bring good fortune to those around her.

whimsicalgentleromanticlightheartednostalgicold-fashionedcharming

What happens

The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England is a 1914 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Vivian Martin. Based on the 1910 play of the same name by Owen Davis that ran on Broadway starring Marguerite Clark, the film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey by the World Film Corporation. The film was thought to have been lost but a 16mm print of the film was rediscovered by film historian Kevin Brownlow in England. In 2012, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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