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| caption = Still from ''Break, Break, Break''<ref>[http://data2.id.ucsb.edu:8090/4DACTION/www_ShowFilmDetail?filmID=1044&which_table=title_B "Break! Break! Break!"]. [[Chicago History Museum]]. Retrieved from [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] reproduction on September 7, 2009.</ref>
| caption = Still from ''Break, Break, Break''<ref>[http://data2.id.ucsb.edu:8090/4DACTION/www_ShowFilmDetail?filmID=1044&which_table=title_B "Break! Break! Break!"] {{wayback|url=http://data2.id.ucsb.edu:8090/4DACTION/www_ShowFilmDetail?filmID=1044&which_table=title_B |date=20100723151057 }}. [[Chicago History Museum]]. Retrieved from [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] reproduction on September 7, 2009.</ref>
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It was described by ''[[The Moving Picture World|Moving Picture World]]'' shortly after its release:<blockquote>A pretty picture telling an idyillic love story; it should go very well; for, though it depends on sentiment rather than on thrilling dramatic suspense, it holds the attention strongly and is filled with the atmosphere of the good, old-time stories and poems. The costumes are of the mid-Victorian period in rural England. Many of its scenes are as charming as good pictures. The acting is also excellent quality. Vivian Rich is the heroine; Harry Von Meter, the hero, and Jack Richardson, the light villain. Much of the action is among the hay fields and then the seashore.<ref>{{cite journal | title=Break! Break! Break! | journal=Moving Picture World | date=September 19, 1914 }}</ref></blockquote>
It was described by ''[[The Moving Picture World|Moving Picture World]]'' shortly after its release:<blockquote>A pretty picture telling an idyillic love story; it should go very well; for, though it depends on sentiment rather than on thrilling dramatic suspense, it holds the attention strongly and is filled with the atmosphere of the good, old-time stories and poems. The costumes are of the mid-Victorian period in rural England. Many of its scenes are as charming as good pictures. The acting is also excellent quality. Vivian Rich is the heroine; Harry Von Meter, the hero, and Jack Richardson, the light villain. Much of the action is among the hay fields and then the seashore.<ref>{{cite journal | title=Break! Break! Break! | journal=Moving Picture World | date=September 19, 1914 }}</ref></blockquote>


''Break, Break, Break'' was a single-reel film produced by the [[American Film Manufacturing Company]] and released on September 9, 1914 through the [[Mutual Film|Mutual Film Corporation]],<ref name=ucsb>[http://data2.id.ucsb.edu:8090/4DACTION/www_ShowFilmDetail?filmID=1044&which_table=title_B "Break! Break! Break!"], [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]. Retrieved on September 7, 2009.</ref> which distributed 58 prints.<ref>{{cite book | title=Catalog of Copyright Entries | year=1951 | chapter=Motion Pictures 1912–1939 | publisher=[[United States Copyright Office]] | page=89 }}</ref>
''Break, Break, Break'' was a single-reel film produced by the [[American Film Manufacturing Company]] and released on September 9, 1914 through the [[Mutual Film|Mutual Film Corporation]],<ref name=ucsb>[http://data2.id.ucsb.edu:8090/4DACTION/www_ShowFilmDetail?filmID=1044&which_table=title_B "Break! Break! Break!"] {{wayback|url=http://data2.id.ucsb.edu:8090/4DACTION/www_ShowFilmDetail?filmID=1044&which_table=title_B |date=20100723151057 }}, [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]. Retrieved on September 7, 2009.</ref> which distributed 58 prints.<ref>{{cite book | title=Catalog of Copyright Entries | year=1951 | chapter=Motion Pictures 1912–1939 | publisher=[[United States Copyright Office]] | page=89 }}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==

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Break, Break, Break
Still from Break, Break, Break[1]
Directed byHarry A. Pollard
Written bySydney Ayres
StarringWilliam Garwood
Louise Lester
Production
company
Distributed byMutual Film Corporation
Release date
  • September 9, 1914 (1914-09-09)
Running time
Short
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Break, Break, Break is a 1914 American silent short film directed by Harry A. Pollard. A period drama written by Sydney Ayres, the film starred William Garwood and Louise Lester.

It was described by Moving Picture World shortly after its release:

A pretty picture telling an idyillic love story; it should go very well; for, though it depends on sentiment rather than on thrilling dramatic suspense, it holds the attention strongly and is filled with the atmosphere of the good, old-time stories and poems. The costumes are of the mid-Victorian period in rural England. Many of its scenes are as charming as good pictures. The acting is also excellent quality. Vivian Rich is the heroine; Harry Von Meter, the hero, and Jack Richardson, the light villain. Much of the action is among the hay fields and then the seashore.[2]

Break, Break, Break was a single-reel film produced by the American Film Manufacturing Company and released on September 9, 1914 through the Mutual Film Corporation,[3] which distributed 58 prints.[4]

Cast

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References

  1. ^ "Break! Break! Break!" Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine. Chicago History Museum. Retrieved from University of California, Santa Barbara reproduction on September 7, 2009.
  2. ^ "Break! Break! Break!". Moving Picture World. September 19, 1914.
  3. ^ a b "Break! Break! Break!" Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved on September 7, 2009.
  4. ^ "Motion Pictures 1912–1939". Catalog of Copyright Entries. United States Copyright Office. 1951. p. 89.