A Romance of Happy Valley

A Romance of Happy Valley is a 1919 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish.

[1] Believed lost for almost 50 years, a print was discovered in 1965 in the State Film Archives of the Soviet Union, which donated it to the Museum of Modern Art.

His sweetheart Jennie Timberlake (Gish) is afraid that he will backslide, which he does when the lure of the city becomes too strong for him.

Meanwhile, his father has fallen on hard times and is trying to get money to pay the farm's mortgage, and plans to murder the stranger staying at his home, not realizing it is his son.

A Romance of Happy Valley was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on July 7, 2015.

A Romance of Happy Valley