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Outdoor Scene Still from "Young Romance"
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Held against her will on a desolate island, Nellie Nolan (played by Edith Taliaferro) is forced to write her own kidnapping note by Spagnoli (Al Ernest Garcia, twisting his moustache) who believes her to be a wealthy heiress. Behind them is a tent and a lackey carrying a jug of water.
1915
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
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Scene Still from "Young Romance"
1915
Surrounded by wealthy hotel guests dressed in formal evening wear, Nellie Nolan (played by Edith Taliaferro) learns that the person she is pretending to be has just inherited a fortune. Behind her,...
Edith Taliaferro and Florence Dagmar in a Scene Still
1915
Nellie Nolan (left, played by Edith Taliaferro) and her friend Lou (Florence Dagmar) conspire to make Nellie appear to be the well-traveled heiress Ethel Van Dusen by pasting exotic hotel labels on...
Hotel Lobby Scene Still from "Young Romance"
1915
Nellie Nolan (played by Edith Taliaferro) signs the register of an expensive resort hotel under the assumed name Ethel Van Dusen in a scene still from "Young Romance" (Lasky 1915).
"The Cheat"
1915
A scene still from "The Cheat" (Lasky, 1915) showing Hishuru Tori, played by Sessue Hayakawa, preparing to brand Edith Hardy (Fannie Ward) on the back of her neck.
Fannie Ward and Sessue Hayakawa in "The Cheat"
1915
Dramatic publicity still of Fannie Ward (playing Edith Hardy) and Sessue Hayakawa (as Hishuru Tori) in "The Cheat" (Lasky, 1915). Original caption: "Edith overhears her husband's account of his ruin."
Irene Hunt and Frank Darien in "Added Fuel"
1915
Jane Pepper (played by Irene Hunt), a reporter for "The Daily Mail," turns around at her typewriter desk to overhear a conversation in the newsroom. Frank Darien, perhaps playing her editor, watche...
