''The Spirit of Romance'' is a lost 1917 American

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

directed by E. Mason Hopper, written by Adele Harris and George S. Hopkins, and starring

Vivian Martin Vivian Louise Martin (July 22, 1891 – March 16, 1987) was an American stage and silent film actress. Early life and career Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Martin was the daughter of Grace Gibbs and actor George Herbert Martin. ...

, Percy Challenger, Colin Chase,

Herbert Standing Herbert Standing (13 November 1846 – 5 December 1923) was a British stage and screen actor and the patriarch of the Standing family of actors. He was the father of numerous children, many of whom had careers in theatre and cinema. Toward the ...

, Elinor Hancock and George Fisher. It was released on March 22, 1917, by

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the flagship namesake subsidiary of Paramount ...

Plot

Cast

as Abby Lou Maynard * Percy Challenger as Richard Cobb * Colin Chase as Tom Cobb *

as Joseph Snow *

Elinor Hancock Elinor Grace Hancock (August 5, 1898 – April 13, 1942) was an American actress who had a successful career on stage before appearing in many silent films. She was photographed by Alfred Witzell. She appeared in Clara Kimball Young films. Ha ...

as Mrs. Rollins * George Fisher as Percival Rollins * Daisy Jefferson as Marguerite D'Arcy *

Doc Crane Doc Crane (c. 1847 – April 17, 1920) was an American silent film actor. Crane was a medical doctor in Boston who served in the Civil War and returned to his practice after its end. When he was 65, he moved to California to retire. After finan ...

as Mace *John Burton

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* 1917 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1917 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by E. Mason Hopper American black-and-white films American silent feature films Lost American drama films 1917 lost films English-language drama films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub