Under the Greenwood Tree

Under the Greenwood Tree (1918)

He thinks she is a Gypsy; she thinks she is a Gypsy. The real Gypsies think they know more than they do. Oh! such a mixup.

Acting on her love of nature and loathing of titled fortune hunters, heiress Mary Hamilton leaves home with her secretary, Peggy Ingledew, to join a band of roving gypsies. One of Mary's suitors, Sir Kenneth Graham, follows the two young women into the woods, dressed in gypsy garb, but when Jack Hutton decides to rid his forested land of gypsies, Sir Kenneth is thrown into jail.

Date of release
1918-12-08
Runtime
50m
Genres
Drama
Director
Émile Chautard

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Under the Greenwood Tree

Under the Greenwood Tree is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Emile Chautard and starring Elsie Ferguson. The movie was based on a play by Henry V. Esmond. An unrelated British film with this title based on the Thomas Hardy novel Under the Greenwood Tree was made in 1929. The film possibly has a scene where Ferguson swims in the nude in a pond. The title refers to a line in William Shakespeare's play As You Like It. It is classified as being a lost film.

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