The Stronger Love

1916 film by Frank Lloyd

August 13, 1916 (1916-08-13)

Running time

50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Stronger Love is a 1916 American drama silent film directed by Frank Lloyd, written by Julia Crawford Ivers, and starring Vivian Martin, Edward Peil, Sr., Frank Lloyd, Jack Livingston, Alice Knowland, and Herbert Standing. It was released on August 13, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Vivian Martin played Nell Serviss, a beautiful young girl from the mountains that was engaged to Jim Serviss, who is the leader of their clan. She meets a stranger at the Rutherford farm and falls in love. The stranger is in their mountains searching for radium in rocks. Someone lights the Serviss farm on fire and the stranger is falsely accused. Everyone is mad at the stranger (who at this point is revealed to be a Rutherford) but Nell says she wants to marry him so that no one will kill him. In the end, Nell chases after Jim to tell him that she lied and really wants to be with him.

Cast

Vivian Martin as Nell Serviss
Edward Peil, Sr. as Jim Serviss
Frank Lloyd as Tom Serviss
Jack Livingston as Rolf Rutherford
Alice Knowland as Mrs. Jane Rutherford
Herbert Standing as Oriel Kincaid
John McKinnon as Peter Kincaid
Louise Emmons as Widow Serviss
William Jefferson (actor)

Preservation status

The Stronger Love survives in an incomplete or in fragment form in the Library of Congress, Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "The Stronger Love (1916) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Stronger Love (1916)". silentera. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.176 c.1978 the American Film Institute
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Stronger Love