The film contains some great behindthescenes looks at filmmaking in fort. In this film, june elvidge plays an impressionable country lass who is thrilled when a. A young girl, who wants more from the environment of her small town, comes across a film crew shooting a western. In this film, june elvidge plays an impressionable country lass who is thrilled when a movie company sets up camp near her home. One day she stumbles upon a film crew shooting a western. Jessica rizzo and moana pozzi get their asses drilled by rocco siffredi. She falls in love with the troupes handsome leading man robert. Workers rotating a set into place in a girls folly 1917.
A restless girl meets a film star who encourages her to try her luck as an actress. Image entertainment us 2003 contains 30 minutes of a girls folly 1917 tillie wakes up. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Frances marion and the power of women in hollywood. Posted in rsilentmoviegifs by uauir2blaze 335 points and 7 comments. Filmed at the paragon studio in fort lee, new jersey, during that citys bustling heyday as a production center in the 1910s, a girl s folly provides us with not only a behindthescenes glimpse of moviemaking in 1917, but also a precious historical record of the paragon studio itself. A girl s folly 1917 is a very interesting and enjoyable film. Grapevine video us 2014 treasures from the american film archives. Maurice tourneur s 1917 feature a girl s folly, had not been rediscovered when hanlon s film was produced, but it s a movie about filmmaking in fort lee which uses the then peerless studio as background. Summary motion picture poster for a girl s folly showing a partially draped woman lying at the base of a large mask tragedy. The little tease, mae marsh, 19, complete from rare 16mm. A girls folly 1917 a girls folly is the earliest feature film ive seen that is about filmmaking and hollywood itself.
The whole thing ties together with a pleasant little story coauthored by tourneur and frances marion, then just starting her spectacular. Hdmovie8 watch and download movies full movie with. Retro tube hd free retro porn tube, 1080p retro hd videos. The dawson film find dff was the accidental discovery in 1978 of 533 reels of silentera films in the canadian gold rush town of dawson city. Aug 29, 2018 silent film drama starring robert warwick and doris kenyon. Coming robert warwick and doris kenyon in a girl s folly 1 print poster. The final short film included in this dvd is a girls folly 1917, a film produced by world film corporation and is directed by maurice tourneur and stars doris kenyon, robert warwick, chester barnett and johnny hines. Regardless of the print, a girl s folly is a good little film for 1917, made by one of the top directors of the 1910s, maurice tourneur. Although the start of the history of film is not clearly defined, the commercial, public screening of ten of lumiere brothers short films in paris on 28 december 1895 can be regarded as the breakthrough of projected cinematographic motion pictures. Overview of a girls folly, 1917, directed by maurice tourneur, with doris kenyon, robert warwick, chester barnett, at turner classic movies. My drive for complete authenticity when creating silent films scores is motivated by my deep love, appreciation, and commitment to the artistic and musical culture of the silent film era. All models were 18 years of age or older at the time of depiction.
Robert warwick october 9, 1878 june 6, 1964 was an american stage, film and television actor with over 200 film. A girls folly is a 1917 silent comedy film starring robert warwick, doris kenyon, june elvidge, jane adair, chester barnett and johnny hines. Coming robert warwick and doris kenyon in a girl s folly kd. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Photo, print, drawing, available online, library of congress. Doris kenyon and robert warwick in a girls folly 1917 rescued from an eagles nest 1908 add image. Before hollywood there was fort lee, new jersey dvd. When the leading man she befriends with encourages to become an actress, she moves to the big city.
It is a great film, but silent film fans will probably already have it, as it is available on at least two other dvds. All a girl s folly movie posters,high res movie posters image for a girl s folly. This dvdr edition features a complete presentation of a girls folly, and has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print held in a private film collection. It may well be that this is the only version that survives. Aug 18, 2017 a girls folly was made by world and was released about a month after the pride of the clan, a scottish picture with mary pickford in the lead. Based on the eternally popular play by cohan and earl derr biggers, the film stars george m. Tourneurs impeccable eye and tendency to meander works in the films favor as we are lovingly shown the motion picture studio at full hum.
Silent film is a voluptuously expressive, entirely selfcontained art form that s both of its time and often powerfully resonant, as critics like to say. The complete film has survived, but david shepard created this abridgement to. One day she stumbles upon a film crew shooting a western near her home. Ben model silent film accompanisthistorian 29,700 views. Sep 28, 2012 fort lee behind the scenes fort lee s paragon studios. And a girls folly 1917 starring doris kenyon, robert warwick and june elvidge. Tourneurs impeccable eye and tendency to meander works in the film s favor as we are lovingly shown the motion picture studio at full hum. A girl s folly is a 1917 silent comedy film starring robert warwick, doris kenyon, june elvidge, jane adair, chester barnett and johnny hines. Dating from the 1910s and 20s, the films had been buried under an abandoned hockey rink and included silent feature movies as well as newsreels. Doris kenyon has the lead, and longs for an escape from her ordinary life. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. The film is accompanied by a wurlitzer organ score performed by bernie anderson. National film preservation foundation 2005 contains the toll of the sea 1922 without lying down. But its importance goes further, as its plot deals with the.
He made numerous productions in the 1910s primarily in fort lee, new jersey. A girls folly is a particularly delightful entry in that specialized genre. A girls folly as a testimony to the paragon studio in fort lee, new jersey. A girls folly maurice tourneur, 1917 is one of the few fully preserved motion pictures that were filmed. A girl s folly is a 1917 silent comedy film starring robert warwick, doris kenyon, june elvidge, jane adair, chester barnett and johnny hines plot. Unfortunately the version available on the dvd has been abridged running for just under 30 minutes. To create my authentic silent film scores, i draw upon my library of over 20,000 vintage pieces. Aug 18, 2017 a girls folly isnt a famous film by any means but youve probably seen clips of it incorporated into documentaries about silent era filmmaking. A glimpse inside the mind of charles swan iii 2012.
Its important to note that there are two versions of this film available. This dvdr edition features a complete presentation of a girls folly, and has. A girls folly 1917 the girl who stayed at home 1919. A girls guide to kissing and other nightmares in teenland 1996. Released elsewhere in an abridged version, this is the complete feature film. Later in the year, tourneur would direct the film that returned pickford to childhood, the poor little rich girl. Coming robert warwick and doris kenyon in a girls folly. June elvidge plays an impressionable country lass who is thrilled when a movie company sets up camp near her home.
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