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A Girl's Folly

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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 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 turn out quite the way she planned.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1917-02-26

Runtime: 65 mins

Director: Maurice Tourneur

Writer: Frances Marion, Maurice Tourneur

Spoken language: No Language

Genres: Comedy

Original title: A Girl's Folly

Production Companies: Paragon Films

Production Countries: United States of America

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