| An Old Sweetheart of Mine | |
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| Directed by | Harry Garson |
| Written by | Louis D. Lighton |
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| Starring | Elliott Dexter Helen Jerome Eddy Lloyd Whitlock |
| Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
| Edited by | Violet Blair |
Production company | Harry Garson Productions |
| Distributed by | Metro Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
An Old Sweetheart of Mine is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Harry Garson and starring Elliott Dexter, Helen Jerome Eddy, and Lloyd Whitlock.[1]
Cast
- Elliott Dexter as John Craig
- Helen Jerome Eddy as Mary Ellen Anderson
- Lloyd Whitlock as Stuffy Shade
- Hazel Keener (credited as Barbara Worth) as Irene Ryan[2][3]
- Arthur Hoyt as Frederick McCann
- Gene Cameron as William Norton
- Pat Moore as John Craig, as a boy
- Mary Jane Irving as Mary Ellen Anderson, as a girl
- Turner Savage as Stuffy Shade, as a boy
Preservation
With no prints of An Old Sweetheart of Mine located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[4]
References
- Goble p. 893
- Blake, Doris (November 8, 1925). "Taking the Rocky Road: Hazel Keener Tells Her Own Vivid Story Of the Long, Uphill Road to Success In Pictures". New York Daily News. p. 32. Retrieved May 2, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
'Then I was entered in the contest for Miss Los Angeles, who was to go to Atlantic City for the big contest. I came second, and the next day I signed a contract to do the second lead in An Old Sweetheart of Mine with Elliot Dexter. That was my first real part. In this picture they changed my name to Barbara Worth, as they thought it a better screen name, but I changed it back, as I was known to the studios by my own name.'
- Lowe, Denise (2005). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early Films, 1895–1930. London: The Haworth Press. p. 296. ISBN 0-7890-1843-8. "During the early years of her film career, she often appeared under the name 'Barbara Worth,' but by the mid-1930s she received billing only under her real name. [...] Her most popular silent film was The Freshman (1925) opposite Harold Lloyd. Although she never attained the stardom predicted for her, she did remain in films through the early 1950s, but often in uncredited or walk-on parts."
- The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: An Old Sweetheart of Mine
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.