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The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
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Wikipedia article
' (1925)
'The Girl Who Wouldn't Work' is an extant 1925 American silent drama film produced by B. P. Schulberg and starring Lionel Barrymore and Marguerite De La Motte. Preferred Pictures and Al Lichtman handled the distribution of this film directed by Marcel De Sano.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/GirlWhoWouldntWork1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Girl Who Wouldn't Work'] at silentera.comThe American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30' by The American Film Institute, c.1971
Plot
As described in a film magazine reviews, Mary Hale, employed in a department store, arouses the displeasure of her boss because she shirks her work. Gordon Kent, a rounder, is turned down by another clerk, and flirts with Mary and she loses her job. To spite her fianc, William Norworth, the assistant manager, she drives away in Kents automobile. They land at her home early in the morning just as her father, a night watchman, is returning home. He scolds and slaps her and, when she meets Kent the next day, she tells him that she has left home. He persuades her to come to his home for the night and he goes to the club. Greta, a chorus girl who is his mistress, comes to the house and kicks Mary out. Marys father also appears on the scene, mistakes Greta, who has hidden in bed, for Mary and shoots her dead. The next morning Kent discovers the tragedy, blames himself for it, and confesses the crime to save Marys reputation. Her father, however, finally confesses.
Cast
Preservation
A print of 'The Girl Who Wouldn't Work' is preserved at the Library of Congress.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress' p. 68, The American Film Institute, c.1978[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1874/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Girl Who Wouldn't Work']
See also
*Honor killing
*Lionel Barrymore filmography
References
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