A Girl's Desire is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by David Smith and starring Alice Calhoun, Warner Baxter and Frank Hall Crane.[1]
A Girl's Desire | |
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Directed by | David Smith |
Written by | J. Raleigh Davies |
Starring | Alice Calhoun Warner Baxter Frank Hall Crane |
Cinematography | W. Steve Smith Jr. |
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Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot
editA wealthy and socially ambitious American woman plans to buy social position by acquiring some heirlooms and an elaborate family tree. This leads on to a potential marriage between the American's daughter Elizabeth and Lady Dysart's son Cecil, only for the real Lord Dysart to appear disguised as a journalist.
Cast
edit- Alice Calhoun as Elizabeth Browne
- Warner Baxter as Jones / Lord Dysart
- Frank Hall Crane as 'Lord' Cecil Dysart
- Lillian Lawrence as Lady Dysart
- Victory Bateman as Mrs. Browne
- James Donnelly as H. Jerome Browne
- Sadie Gordon as Miss Grygges
- Charles Dudley as Perkins
- Lydia Yeamans Titus as Cook
- Harry Pringle as Solicitor
References
edit- ^ Connelly p.354
Bibliography
edit- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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