A black-and-white silent film, A Vermont Romance, made in 1916, was shot on various locations in Vermont. The story is a simple romance of a country girl makes good in the big city (Burlington). Its value today lies in its depiction of the woes that may befall a "simple" country girl in the "big city", in its documentary portrayal of a bakery in 2016, and in access to actual locations it was filmed in. Original synopsis adapted from the The Vermont Advance: Madeline, a rich society girl is in love with Jerry, a wealthy man from the city, who spurns her, while his friend Ted, is much interested in Madeline. At an afternoon tea given by Madeline, her girlfriends dare her to go on an auto tour with the two men unchaperoned and she accepts. Several days later the engine of the car breaks down on a country road. While the men are making repairs, Madeline wanders away to see the country and falls, badly spraining her ankle. Jerry and Ted find and carry her to a farmhouse nearby where Dorothy and her father live. During the several weeks before Madeline can leave, the two men are daily callers and a warm friendship develops between Dorothy and Jerry, to the great annoyance of Donald, her country admirer. Shortly after Madeline and her friends leave, Dorothy’s father suddenly dies leaving her alone and penniless, the mortgaged home being sold at auction. She goes to the city for work, which is not easily found. Her two admirers follow and search for her in the city. Donald, at last broke, gets a job in a bakery. Jerry, after a thrilling car chase, rescues a girl from a white slave gang and finds her to be his long lost Dorothy. Everyone goes for a picnic at Clarendon Gorge. Jerry takes Dorothy on a tour of the Vermont Baking Company’s plant. There they run into Donald. At Dorothy’s insistence, Jerry and Donald shake hands. Madeline throws a party at which she entertains her friends by dancing in the garden. Jerry proposes to Dorothy and Ted proposes to Madeline and both couples embrace. In 2016, VTIFF, in association with the Vermont Historical Society, sent the two known existing 16 mm prints to a laboratory in Los Angeles, to compare for quality, to clean up and to digitize. The resulting 2K digital file is now preserved at VTIFF. In addition, a new musical score was commissioned from Bob Merrill, and combined with the file. The film is available to license from VTIFF for educational screenings. A Bluray or DVD version is available to purchase - please contact info at vtiff dot org.