The Girl Problem

The Girl Problem

1919 · 50 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama

A model by day and a short-story writer by night, Erminie Foster is insulted when novelist Ernest Sanford visits her display room to study her as a "flapper" type. Later, Erminie attends a reception uninvited to gather atmosphere for a story. Sanford saves her from being thrown out by saying that she is his cousin. When her prudish aunt forbids her entrance at 3AM, Sanford offers her lodgings under the protection of his housekeeper and soon persuades her to stay for inspiration. He writes a satire on women that is turned down, while hers on men sells. After Erminie overhears Monte Ralston, who loves Sanford's fiancée Helen Reeves, threaten Sanford with Helen's incriminating letters, Erminie sacrifices her reputation to retrieve the letters. When the engagement is broken and Helen and Monte explain Erminie's behavior to Sanford, he loses his smugly superior attitude and confesses he loves Erminie.

Directed by Kenneth S. Webb · Written by C. Graham Baker

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Corinne Griffith Erminie Foster
Agnes Ayres Helen Reeves
Walter McGrail Ernest Sanford
William David Monte Ralston
Julia Swayne Gordon Mrs. Reeves
Eulalie Jensen Aunt Julia
Frank Kingsley Eric Jordan
Harold Foshay Hasbrook

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