Little Meena's Romance

Little Meena's Romance

A particularly strong and captivating tale of the Pennsylvania Dutch, produced with typical Triangle excellence.

NR 1916 · 50 min · Comedy, Drama

Meena Bauer is the heroine of this romance of a Pennsylvania Dutch girl, who is loved by the son of a Mennonite family. Meena treats Jacob as a joke in spite of the arrangement their parents have made that they should wed. The Mennonite simplicity has no charms for Meena, who proceeds to fall in love with Count Fredrick von Ritz

Directed by Paul Powell · Written by F.M. Pierson

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