Goodness Gracious 110 years old

Clara Kimball Young, batting her eyelashes even faster than Bernadette Peters, plays Gwendoline, an innocent(?) heroine who seeks a livelihood in the big city. She's briefly employed in a 'bucket shop' (a crooked brokerage house) and arouses the attention of a moustache-twirling top-hatted villain (played by her real-life husband James Young). After temporarily escaping his clutches, she finds gainful employment in the firm of a dry-goods millionaire (James Lackaye). The millionaire's youthful son Cornelius (played by Sidney Drew, well into middle age) falls in love with her ... but his father disapproves of their marriage, and he cuts off Cornelius with only a shilling (24 cents, it says here in the titles). The villain arrives, murders Gwendoline's employer (just temporarily, mind you) and frames Cornelius for the crime. Will true love triumph?

Credits

Goodness Gracious Cast

Name Character
Clara Kimball Young She was 23, 70 years old when she died
Sidney Drew He was 50, 55 years old when he died

Goodness Gracious Crew

Name Department
James Young as Director. He was 42 (76) years old when He died Directing
Goodness Gracious (110 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, February 07, 1914
  • Runtime: 22 minutes