Movie

A Summer Idyll (1910)

• September 5, 1910
• 17m

• Drama

Overview

Rebuffed in his attempts to propose to Cora, Albert elects to take a walking trip through the countryside. There he meets a shepherdess, and the two soon develop a mutual attraction. Cora regrets her decision and tries to entice Albert back by sending him a note. He ignores her first attempt, but in the second she includes the butt of a cigarette she has been smoking and this token convinces him to return. The shepherdess finds solace in the arms of her grandfather once Albert has gone back to Cora.

Director

D.W. Griffith

Starring

Stephanie Longfellow, Henry B. Walthall, Gertrude Robinson