| Minnie | |
| Director: | Marshall Neilan Frank Urson |
| Producer: | Marshall Neilan |
| Story: | George Patullo |
| Starring: | Leatrice Joy |
| Cinematography: | David Kesson Karl Struss |
| Editing: | Daniel J. Gray |
| Distributor: | Associated First National |
| Runtime: | 70 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
Minnie is a 1922 American silent comedy film starring Leatrice Joy and co-directed by Marshall Neilan and Frank Urson. Neilan also wrote and produced the film which was released by Associated First National Pictures (later First National Pictures).[1] It is not known whether the film currently survives,[1] which suggests that it is a lost film.
As described in a film publication, Minnie (Joy),[2] the homeliest girl in town, is devoted to her father (Barnum), a discouraged inventor who has been working on a wireless device. Subject to the sneers of her neighbors, Minnie "invents" a lover and sends herself letters and flowers. Her stepsister (Lynch) suspects the truth and threatens to expose her. Desperate, she claims an unidentified body at the morgue and tells a reporter (Moore) that this is her lover, unaware that the body is that of a Chinese man. The absent-minded reporter sees her heart and forgets about the big story. After further disappointments in the invention, Minnie's stepmother decides to leave her father. Her father then has a success and becomes rich. At a celebration, the stepsister and townspeople are surprised when a new couple appear, which turn out to be the former reporter and his lovely wife Minnie.