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A Summer Idyll
UNITED STATES · 1910

A Summer Idyll

D.W. Griffith
romantic rejection countryside romance love triangle redemption through nature courtship rituals
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Synopsis

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 t

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