When the Dead Return (1911): cast, story & where to watch
1911 · Film
Released in 1911, When the Dead Return is a notable film directed by Sidney Olcott.
What it’s about. acques and Antoine are both in love with the same girl, but Jacques proves the winner and marries Marcele. Three years after the wedding an accident deprives Jacques of his memory. Not knowing where or who he is, he wanders far from home and takes up a new life, all memory of the old having forsaken him. Years later, Marcele, convinced that Jacques is dead, marries Antoine. After ten years of happiness with Antoine, Marcele dies, leaving a little daughter. About this time, through an accident, Jacques' memory is restored and he arrives back at his old home just as his daughter is about to marry. Not realizing the lapse of years he attempts to stop the wedding, believing that his daughter is his wife Marcele. Explanations take place and Jacques is taken to the grave of his sweetheart and wife Marcele.
Who’s in it. When the Dead Return stars Gene Gauntier as Marcele, J.P. McGowan as Jacques and Jack J. Clark as Antoine.
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- Where can I watch When the Dead Return (1911)?
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- Who stars in When the Dead Return?
- When the Dead Return stars Gene Gauntier, J.P. McGowan and Jack J. Clark.
- When was When the Dead Return released?
- When the Dead Return was released in 1911.