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A Girl's Folly

  • 19171917
  • 1h 5m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
167
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POPULARITY
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Doris Kenyon and Robert Warwick in A Girl's Folly (1917)
Comedy
A restless young girl yearns to leave her rural environment and "get away from it all." One day she stumbles upon a film crew shooting a Western near her home. She makes friends with the fil... Read allA restless young girl yearns to leave her rural environment and "get away from it all." One day she stumbles upon a film crew shooting a Western near her home. She makes friends with the film's leading man, who encourages her to try her luck as an actress, so she leaves her small... Read allA restless young girl yearns to leave her rural environment and "get away from it all." One day she stumbles upon a film crew shooting a Western near her home. She makes friends with the film's leading man, who encourages her to try her luck as an actress, so she leaves her small town and goes to the big city to break into the picture business. However, things don't t... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
167
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
233,210
1,040,947
  • Director
    • Maurice Tourneur
  • Writers
    • Frances Marion(story and scenario)
    • Maurice Tourneur(story and scenario)
  • Stars
    • Robert Warwick
    • Doris Kenyon
    • June Elvidge
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  • Director
    • Maurice Tourneur
  • Writers
    • Frances Marion(story and scenario)
    • Maurice Tourneur(story and scenario)
  • Stars
    • Robert Warwick
    • Doris Kenyon
    • June Elvidge
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    • 9User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Robert Warwick
    Robert Warwick
    • Kenneth Driscoll
    Doris Kenyon
    Doris Kenyon
    • Mary Baker
    June Elvidge
    June Elvidge
    • Vivian Carleton
    Jane Adair
    • Mrs. Baker
    Chester Barnett
    Chester Barnett
    • Johnny Applebloom
    Johnny Hines
    Johnny Hines
    • Hank
    Emile Chautard
    Emile Chautard
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    • (uncredited)
    Leatrice Joy
    Leatrice Joy
    • Ingenue
    • (uncredited)
    Maurice Tourneur
    Maurice Tourneur
    • Director
    • (uncredited)
    Josef von Sternberg
    Josef von Sternberg
    • Cameraman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Maurice Tourneur
    • Writers
      • Frances Marion(story and scenario)
      • Maurice Tourneur(story and scenario)
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      The shots of the behind-the-scenes life at a movie studio were shot at the studios of World Films in Fort Lee, NJ.
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      Featured in Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)

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    8/10
    Where the movies flourish.
    "A Girl's Folly" is a sort of half-comedy, half-mockumentary look at the motion picture business of the mid-1910's. We get a glimpse of life at an early movie studio, where we experience assembly of a set, running through a scene, handling of adoring movie fanatics, even lunch at the commissary. We are also privy to little known cinematic facts - for example, did you know that "Frequently, 'movie' actors do not know the plot of the picture in which they are working"?

    The plot of this film in essence is movie star Kenneth Driscoll's discovery and romancing of a budding young starlet whom he discovers while shooting on location in the country. I believe the 30-minute version I watched was abridged, included on the same tape with Cecil B. De Mille's "The Cheat." It is a very credible film - an easy watch with a large cast of extras. As a bonus it includes some of best-illustrated captions I have ever seen accompanying a silent movie.
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    • Release date
      • February 26, 1917 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • A Movie Romance
    • Filming locations
      • Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA
    • Production company
      • Paragon Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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