Underplayed Gems

The Return of Eve (1916)

The Return of Eve poster
Directed by
Arthur Berthelet
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
NR
Rating
0.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A silent film from 1916 about two people who grow up in a natural setting, move to a big city as adults, and later return to rural life where they find each other again. The movie is based on a play that was performed on Broadway in 1909 and was shot in the Midwest, but no copies are known to exist today.

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What happens

The Return of Eve, also known as When Eve Came Back, is a 1916 American silent film, adapted from a play by Lee Wilson Dodd. The Essanay Studios five-reel film was directed by Arthur Berthelet with Edna Mayo and Eugene O'Brien in the starring roles. H.S. Sheldon wrote the screenplay. The film is presumed lost. The play was staged 29 times in 1909, at the Herald Square Theatre on Broadway. Scenes for the film were shot in the Midwest, including in Chicago, while settings were filmed in northern Wisconsin near the banks of the Dells of the Wisconsin River. The plot features the leads raised in a natural setting before being relocated to a metropolis as adults. They return to pastoral life and reunite. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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