The Return of Eve
1916 American film
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The Return of Eve, also known as When Eve Came Back,[1] is a 1916 American silent film, adapted from a play by Lee Wilson Dodd. The Essanay Studios five-reel film was directed by Arthur Berthelet with Edna Mayo and Eugene O'Brien in the starring roles.[1][2][3][4] H.S. Sheldon wrote the screenplay. The film is presumed lost.[1]
by Lee Wilson Dodd
Eugene O'Brien
Edward Mawson
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| Directed by | Arthur Berthelet |
| Written by | H. S. Sheldon |
| Based on | The Return of Eve by Lee Wilson Dodd |
| Starring | Edna Mayo Eugene O'Brien Edward Mawson |
| Cinematography | Will E. Smith |
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| Distributed by | K-E-S-E Service |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles}} |
The play was staged 29 times in 1909, at the Herald Square Theatre on Broadway.[5]
Scenes for the film were shot in the Midwest, including in Chicago, while settings were filmed in northern Wisconsin near the banks of the Dells of the Wisconsin River.[6][7] The plot features the leads raised in a natural setting before being relocated to a metropolis as adults. They return to pastoral life and reunite.[1]
Cast
- Edna Mayo as Eve[6][7]
- Eugene O'Brien as Adam[2]
- Edward R. Mawson as David Winters[2]
- Leona Ball as Clarice Bellamy[2]
- Edward Arnold as Seymour Purchwell[2]
- Renee Clemmons as Trixie Shevlin[2]
- John Cossar as John Raymond[2]
- Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Tupper-Bellamy[1]
