The Pilgrimage

1912

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Stuart Holmes, Tom Moore, and Lottie Pickford in The Pilgrimage (1912)

In a picturesque German village William meets Gretchen and when he returns home he tells his mother of the beautiful face which he has seen. As the days pass the acquaintanceship ripens into... Read allIn a picturesque German village William meets Gretchen and when he returns home he tells his mother of the beautiful face which he has seen. As the days pass the acquaintanceship ripens into love and the sweethearts become downcast when it is found that William must leave for the... Read allIn a picturesque German village William meets Gretchen and when he returns home he tells his mother of the beautiful face which he has seen. As the days pass the acquaintanceship ripens into love and the sweethearts become downcast when it is found that William must leave for the city to enter his apprenticeship. The young couple visit the Shrine of the Virgin Mary, w... Read all

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Tom Moore

William
(as Thomas Moore)

Lottie Pickford

Gretchen

Stuart Holmes

Gretchen's Father

Alison Skipworth

William's Mother

Ralph B. Mitchell

The Priest
(as R.B. Mitchell)

Director
- George LeSoir
Writer
- Heinrich Heine
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The scenario writer deserves praise for the scene arrangement

It is not often that a picture, illustrating a great poet's idea, is so successful as this is in interpreting in pictures Heine's poem, "The Pilgrimage." The leaders use a translation that has clearness and accuracy; but the pictures are far more successful; they seem to have got the very spirit of the poem. The scenario writer deserves praise for the scene arrangement and the producer deserves praise for the handling of the scenes; they are full of grace. The posed statue of the Madonna in it is simple and beautiful. Gretchen, William's sweetheart, will most surely get a strong hold of the spectators' sympathies. Her acting is lovely, and she, herself, fills the part perfectly. The lover acts in a worthy, manly way. The object of the picture is to excite sympathy, then pity and then to console it. The camera work is beautiful. It is an unusually commendable picture. - The Moving Picture World, June 1, 1912