Under the Greenwood Tree (1918 film)
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Under the Greenwood Tree is a 1918 silent film feature directed by Emile Chautard
and starring Elsie Ferguson
. The movie was based on a play by Henry V. Esmond. An unrelated British film with this title based on a Thomas Hardy
story was made in 1929. Film possibly has a scene where Ferguson swims in the nude in a pond. The film is lost
.
Emile Chautard
Emile Chautard was a French film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 107 films between 1910 and 1924...
and starring Elsie Ferguson
Elsie Ferguson
Elsie Louise Ferguson was an American stage and film actress.-Early life:Born in New York City, Elsie Ferguson was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Benson Ferguson, a successful attorney...
. The movie was based on a play by Henry V. Esmond. An unrelated British film with this title based on a Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy, OM was an English novelist and poet. While his works typically belong to the Naturalism movement, several poems display elements of the previous Romantic and Enlightenment periods of literature, such as his fascination with the supernatural.While he regarded himself primarily as a...
story was made in 1929. Film possibly has a scene where Ferguson swims in the nude in a pond. The film is lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
.
Plot
Mary Hamilton an heiress tires of fortune hunting men and takes her secretary Peggy to join a group of gypsies undercover. As the women head into the woods Sir Kenneth one of Mary's close male friends follows them dressed as a gypsy. Jack Hutton a wealthy landowner wants the gypsies off his land and has Sir Kenneth jailed. Hutton then seeks out Mary's camp, not knowing her true identity, and wants her thrown off the land as well but then catches her swimming in a moonlit pond. Hutton falls in love with Mary and Mary asks him to dine. When Hutton leaves a band of gypsies attacks Mary's wagon and tie her up. Jack then tries to rescue Mary but is beaten by the gypsies. Sir Kenneth has by then been released from jail and arrives with Peggy, the two of them are now in love. After they cut Mary loose, Sir Kenneth and Peggy head off to be married leaving Mary to care for Hutton. As Hutton recuperates Mary tells him the truth that she is an heiress and not a gypsy as she had led Hutton to believe. They are later married.(AFI Catalogue synopsis)Cast
- Elsie FergusonElsie FergusonElsie Louise Ferguson was an American stage and film actress.-Early life:Born in New York City, Elsie Ferguson was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Benson Ferguson, a successful attorney...
- Mary Hamilton - Eugene O'Brien - Jack Hutton
- Edmund Burns - Sir Kenneth Graham
- Mildred Havens - Peggy Ingledew
- John Ardizoni - Karl
- Robert Milasch - Pete
- Robert Vivian - Griggs
- Charles Craig - Hurrell Hutton
- Henry Warwick - Earl of Hexham
- James A. Furey - Sinclair