Gloria's Romance is a 1916 American silent film serial starring Billie Burke. Serial films, also called chapter plays, were shorter films that were typically run before the main feature film, each of which was part of a longer story, and ended in a cliffhanger, thus encouraging the audience to return every week.
The film was Burke's second outing as a film actress, and one of the very rare occasions in which a Broadway performer of her magnitude starred in a chapter play. In its original form, this serial comprised 20 chapters and was 40 reels long, which was several chapters longer than most film serials of the time.
Gloria's Romance marked the debut of actor Richard Barthelmess. It was written by Rupert Hughes and his wife and produced by George Kleine. Walter Edwin and Colin Campbell served as principal directors. It is a lost film.
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Plot
An adventurous young girl in Florida gets lost in the Everglades. There she finds terror and excitement, as well as the rivalry of two men in love with her.
Cast
Billie Burke as Gloria Stafford (credited as Miss Billie Burke)
Henry Kolker as Dr. Stephen Royce
David Powell as Richard Freneau, A Broker
William Roselle as David Stafford, Gloria's Brother
Frank Belcher as Frank Lulry, Freneau's Partner
William T. Carleton as Pierpont Stafford
Jule Power as Lois Freeman, Judge Freeman's Daughter
Henry Weaver as Judge Freeman
Frank McGlynn, Sr. as Gideon Trask
Helen Hart as Nell Trask
Maxfield Moree as Stass Casimir
Maurice Steuart
Rapley Holmes as Chooey McFadden
Adelaide Hastings as Gloria's Governess
Ralph Bunker
Richard Barthelmess as An Extra (uncredited)
List of chapters
Lost in the Everglades
Caught by the Seminoles
A Perilous Love
The Social Vortex
The Gathering Storm
Hidden Fires
The Harvest of Sin
The Mesh of Mystery
The Shadow of Scandal
Tangled Threads
The Fugitive Witness
Her Fighting Spirit
The Midnight Riot
The Floating Trap
The Murderer at Bay
A Modern Pirate
The Tell-Tale Envelope
The Bitter Truth
Her Vow Fulfilled
Love's Reward