A Girl's Folly

A Girl's Folly

NR 1917 · 65 min · ★ 5.4 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Maurice Tourneur · Written by Frances Marion

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