A Virginia Courtship

A Virginia Courtship
A Virginia Courtship
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Directed by	Frank O'Connor
Screenplay by	Edfrid A. Bingham
Based on	A Virginia Courtship; by Eugene Wiley Presbrey
Starring	May McAvoy; Alec B. Francis; Jane Keckley; L. M. Wells; Casson Ferguson; Kathlyn Williams; Richard Tucker
Cinematography	Harold Rosson
Production; company	Realart Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 1921;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

A Virginia Courtship is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor and written by Edfrid A. Bingham based upon the play of the same name by Eugene Wiley Presbrey. The film stars May McAvoy, Alec B. Francis, Jane Keckley, L. M. Wells, Casson Ferguson, Kathlyn Williams, and Richard Tucker. The film was released in December 1921, by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[3] Prudence Fairfax is the ward of Colonel Fairfax, a lovable old Southern gentleman who has remained single because of a misunderstanding, some fifteen years previous, with his next door neighbor and childhood sweetheart Constance Llewellyn. While staging a chariot race she had seen on a poster, Pru is thrown from a runaway horse into a stream running through the Llewellyn estate and is rescued by Constance. They become fast friends. When the Fairfax Manor is about to be sold for a debt, Pru buys it through her broker Robin which almost precipitates a duel. However, a happy ending ensues when the old romance between the Colonel and Constance is renewed, and Pru marries the Colonel's nephew Tom instead of Dwight Neville, who is arrested for counterfeiting.

Cast

May McAvoy as Prudence Fairfax
Alec B. Francis as Colonel Fairfax
Jane Keckley as Betty Fairfax
L. M. Wells as Squire Fenwick
Casson Ferguson as Tom Fairfax
Kathlyn Williams as Constance Llewellyn
Richard Tucker as Dwight Neville
Guy Oliver as Buck Lawton
Verne Winter as Zeb
George Reed as Sam
Blue Washington

Preservation status

The film is now lost.^[4]

References

↑ Janiss Garza. "Virginia-Courtship - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Retrieved January 27, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Virginia Courtship". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved August 22, 2026.
↑ "Reviews: A Virginia Courtship". Exhibitors Herald. 13 (25). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 62. December 17, 1921.
↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Virginia Courtship". Library of Congress. January 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2026.

External links

A Virginia Courtship at IMDb

[1] Janiss Garza. "Virginia-Courtship - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Retrieved January 27, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[2] "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Virginia Courtship". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved August 22, 2026.

[3] "Reviews: A Virginia Courtship". Exhibitors Herald. 13 (25). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 62. December 17, 1921.

[4] "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Virginia Courtship". Library of Congress. January 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2026.

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