The Fiddler’s Requiem

The Fiddler’s Requiem (1911)

Drama

The old musician playing his fiddle in his garret home dreams of his youth and his lost love. As the past unfolds itself he sees his sweetheart, Dolores, forced by her parents to sign a contract of marriage with Don Carlos, and he again reads over in memory her message of farewell: "My on Love, This is my marriage ever, the death day of my soul. I cannot go without one last farewell to you, whom I will never see again. Wait for ma by the lake until you hear the bells chime. Yours in spirit until death, Dolores." Meeting her at the lake as requested, she gives him her old violin, saying, "I have breathed my soul into this violin. Whene'er it plays, it is my soul that speaks."

Director: Sidney Olcott

Casts

	Gene Gauntier as Dolores
	J.P. McGowan as Dolores' father
	Robert G. Vignola as Dolores' fiance
	Sidney Olcott as Notary
	Alice Hollister as Bridesmaid
	Kenean Buel as
	J.J. Clark as The Fiddler

Crew