Underplayed Gems

A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)

A Romance of Happy Valley poster
Directed by
D. W. Griffith
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man leaves his small town to seek success in the city, leaving behind his sweetheart and his mother. Years later, he returns home to find his family and old love waiting.

romanticsentimentalearnestmelodramaticpastoralheartfeltquietold-fashioned

What happens

A Romance of Happy Valley is a 1919 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. Believed lost for almost 50 years, a print was discovered in 1965 in the State Film Archives of the Soviet Union, which donated it to the Museum of Modern Art. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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