A Girl's Folly (1917)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Maurice Tourneur

Writers:

Frances Marion (story)
Maurice Tourneur (story)

Release Date:

26 February 1917 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Cast

Robert Warwick	...	Kenneth Driscoll
Doris Kenyon	...	Mary Baker
June Elvidge	...	Vivian Carleton
Jane Adair	...	Mrs. Baker
Chester Barnett	...	Johnny Applebloom
Johnny Hines	...	Hank

Also Known As:

A Movie Romance (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

65 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Filming Locations:

Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Paragon Films

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.