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A Girl's Folly - Wikipedia

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A Girl's Folly
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Maurice Tourneur
Written by	Frances Marion
Starring	Robert Warwick Doris Kenyon
Cinematography	John van den Broek
Edited by	Clarence Brown
Production company	Paragon Films
Distributed by	World Film Company
Release date	February 26, 1917 (1917-02-26)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The film A Girl's Folly

A Girl's Folly is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Robert Warwick, Doris Kenyon, June Elvidge, Jane Adair, Chester Barnett, and Johnny Hines.^[1] Tourneur also played the director for the film within the film.

Plot

A young girl, who wants more from the environment of her small town, comes across a film crew shooting a western. When the leading man she befriends encourages her to become an actress, she moves to the big city. However, things do not turn out quite the way she planned.

Cast

Robert Warwick as Kenneth Driscoll
Doris Kenyon as Mary Baker
June Elvidge as Vivian Carleton
Jane Adair as Mrs. Baker
Chester Barnett as Johnny Applebloom
Johnny Hines as Hank
Emile Chautard as Actor (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Leatrice Joy as Ingenue (uncredited)
Maurice Tourneur as Director (uncredited)
Josef von Sternberg as Cameraman (uncredited)

Production

Several scenes in the film show areas of the Paragon Films studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey, including the film lab, editing room, printing plant, spray chamber, cafeteria, dressing rooms, and film sets.^[2]

Preservation

Prints of A Girl's Folly in various grades of completeness are held in several film archives including the Cineteca Del Friuli (Gemona), BFI National Archive, George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Library of Congress,^[3] with a complete copy donated from a private collection to the American Film Institute and Library of Congress in 1972.^[2] An incomplete print was also found in 1978 in the Dawson Film Find preserved by permafrost.^[4]

References

^ Progressive Silent Film List: A Girl's Folly
^ ^a ^b Gomar, Carmen Guiralt (July 2014). "Before Hollywood? A Girl's Folly as a testimony to the Paragon Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey". L'Atalante: International Film Studies Journal (18). Translated by Ruiz-Larrea, Susana. Associació Cinefòrum L’Atalante: 118–126. ISSN 2340-6992. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: A Girl's Folly
^ Library and Archives Canada, Dawson Film Find: A Girl's Folly

External links

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A Girl's Folly at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Stills and commentary at moviessilently.com
Advertising material at silentfilmstillarchive.com
A Girl's Folly (1917) on YouTube

Films directed by Maurice Tourneur

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Jean la Poudre (1913)
The System of Doctor Goudron (1913)
The Gaieties of the Squadron (1913)
Tricks of Love (1913)
The Last Pardon (1913)
The Cameo (1913)
Mother (1914)
Figures de cire (1914)
The Man of the Hour (1914)
The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914)
The Red Promenade (1914)
The Pit (1914)
The Sparrow (1914)
Monsieur Lecoq (1914)
The Secret of the Well (1914)
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)
Trilby (1915)
The Cub (1915)
The Ivory Snuff Box (1915)
The Butterfly on the Wheel (1915)
The Pawn of Fate (1915)
The Hand of Peril (1916)
The Closed Road (1916)
The Velvet Paw (1916)
The Rail Rider (1916)
A Girl's Folly (1916)
The Whip (1917)
The Undying Flame (1917)
Exile (1917)
The Law of the Land (1917)
The Pride of the Clan (1917)
The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
Barbary Sheep (1917)
The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917)
Rose of the World (1917)
The Blue Bird (1918)
Prunella (1918)
A Doll's House (1918)
Sporting Life (1918)
Woman (1918)
My Lady's Garter (1919)
The White Heather (1919)
The Life Line (1919)
Victory (1919)
The Broken Butterfly (1919)
The County Fair (1920)
The Great Redeemer (1920)
While Paris Sleeps (1920)
Treasure Island (1920)
The White Circle (1920)
Deep Waters (1920)
The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
The Bait (1921)
The Foolish Matrons (1921)
Lorna Doone (1922)
The Brass Bottle (1923)
The Christian (1923)
The Isle of Lost Ships (1923)
Jealous Husbands (1923)
Torment (1924)
The White Moth (1924)
Sporting Life (1925)
Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925)
Clothes Make the Pirate (1925)
Aloma of the South Seas (1926)
Old Loves and New (1926)
The Crew (1928)
The Ship of Lost Souls (1929)
Accused, Stand Up! (1930)
Departure (1931)
Dance Hall (1931)
Fun in the Barracks (1932)
In the Name of the Law (1932)
L'Homme mystérieux (1933)
The Two Orphans (1933)
Le Voleur (1934)
Justin de Marseille (1935)
Koenigsmark (1935)
Samson (1936)
With a Smile (1936)
The Patriot (1938)
Katia (1938)
Sins of Youth (1941)
Volpone (1941)
Miss Bonaparte (1942)
La Main du diable (1943)
Cecile Is Dead (1944)
After Love (1948)
Dilemma of Two Angels (1948)

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