It's Memorial Day and everyone is heading downtown to watch the parade. Left at home is Charles Kent, the only veteran of the Civil War and his granddaughter Adele DeGard, who insists on staying with the old, one-armed man.
Charles Kent, after a long career on the stage, became an actor and director for Vitagraph, usually for their more literary films, like their Shakespeare adaptations. He would retire from directing in 1913, but would act in movies until his death ten years later. Miss DeGard began her film career in with D.W. Griffith, but moved to Vitagraph in 1911. Her movie career ended in 1918.
This sentimental and well performed movie can be seen in a beautifully tolled print at the Eye Institute site on YouTube.
Charles Kent, after a long career on the stage, became an actor and director for Vitagraph, usually for their more literary films, like their Shakespeare adaptations. He would retire from directing in 1913, but would act in movies until his death ten years later. Miss DeGard began her film career in with D.W. Griffith, but moved to Vitagraph in 1911. Her movie career ended in 1918.
This sentimental and well performed movie can be seen in a beautifully tolled print at the Eye Institute site on YouTube.
