A Girl's Desire
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1922 film
| A Girl's Desire | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | David Smith |
| Written by | J. Raleigh Davies |
| Starring | Alice Calhoun Warner Baxter Frank Hall Crane |
| Cinematography | W. Steve Smith Jr. |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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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]
Plot
[edit ]A 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.
External links
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Categories:
- 1922 films
- 1922 comedy films
- 1920s English-language films
- American silent feature films
- Silent American comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by David Smith (director)
- Vitagraph Studios films
- Films set in England
- 1920s American films
- English-language comedy films
- 1920s American film stubs