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The Engineer's Romance

The Engineer's Romance

1910Short
ShortDrama

Jim Black, a handsome young locomotive engineer, is in love with Mary Stevens, the pretty telegraph operator at Clay Junction. Mary's father is the section foreman at that point. One morning after her father has left on the handca...

Director
Edwin S. Porter
Writers
N/A
Stars
Marc McDermott, Mary Fuller
Release Date
January 7, 1910
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Marc McDermott
Marc McDermott
Mary Fuller
Mary Fuller

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Edison Manufacturing Company

🎯 Categories

DramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

Action is what they like
by deickemeyer2015-02-18

"A thrilling railroad melodrama, illustrated with all the vim and finished dramatic work which characterizes the work of the Edison players. A girl station agent in a lonely station is beset by thieves. She wires to a distance for help. Her sweetheart jumps on his locomotive and goes to her assistance. The last part of the film, showing alternately the progress of the locomotive and the steady retreat of the girl as the robbers force door after door is thrilling, and causes one to become almost breathless as the swift-flying locomotive with its assistance seems to crawl. The story is strong and..."

💡 Did You Know?

Released as a split reel along with Ashes (1910).

📖 Synopsis

Jim Black, a handsome young locomotive engineer, is in love with Mary Stevens, the pretty telegraph operator at Clay Junction. Mary's father is the section foreman at that point. One morning after her father has left on the handca...