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The Romance of a Poor Young Man
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Edward Cecil [Marquis de Champecy; and Maxime], Charles H. Mailes (Charles Hill Mailes) [Laroque], Marie Newton [Maxime’s sister], William Furey [the attorney], Clairette Claire (Clarette Clare) [Laroque’s daughter], Gretchen Hartman [Marguerite, Laroque’s granddaughter], Mrs. A.C. Marston [Helouin, the governess], Ivan Christy [Bevallan]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a story by Octave Feuillet. / Released 24 November 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 11 October 2023.

References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.