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How Could You, Jean?
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Wikipedia article
'How Could You, Jean?' is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film, starring Mary Pickford, directed by William Desmond Taylor, and based on a novel by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd. Casson Ferguson was the male lead; Spottiswoode Aitken and a young ZaSu Pitts had supporting roles.
This is a lost film, with no known surviving prints.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HowCouldYouJean1918.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'How Could You, Jean?'] at silentera.com
Plot
The plot involves a young socialite pretending to be a cook, who falls in love with a man she thinks is a hired hand, but he is actually a millionaire. The film was not well received by critics, who generally found it pleasant but dull,[http://www.public.asu.edu/~ialong/Taylor24.txt A list of reviews is included in Bruce Long's Taylorology] although 'The New York Times' called it "a funny, extremely well-produced comedy".
Cast
Film with similar plot
A novel by Norwegian writer Sigrid Boo, 'Vi som gr kjkkenveien' ('We Who Enter Through the Kitchen') has an almost identical plot to Brainerd's original book. Boo's novel was adapted for the American film 'Servants' Entrance' (1934) starring Janet Gaynor, which had an identical plot to the 1918 film. As 'The New York Times' commented, "apparently, the old Pickford comedy was already forgotten, and no copyright infringement suit was filed."
See also
*List of lost films
References
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