So Near, yet So Far
1912 film by D. W. Griffith
So Near, yet So Far is a 1912 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and produced by the Biograph Company. Prints of the film survive in the Museum of Modern Art and Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education film archives.
Plot
A young woman has a young man's frat pin. Howard, another young man, hesitantly shows interest in her as well, but she ignores him and drives off in a one-horse carriage. However, she does look back and smile. Howard runs after her, catching up as she reaches her home, but her father sends him away. Later, he sees the young woman again. His rival appears and escorts her and another young woman away.
The girl goes to visit friends in another town. Howard is going to the same place, but the rich man of the house encounters him outside and takes him to his club.
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