The Home Town Girl Explained

The Home Town Girl
Director:Robert G. Vignola
Screenplay:Oscar Graeve
Edith Kennedy
Starring:Vivian Martin
Ralph Graves
Lee Phelps
Carmen Phillips
Stanhope Wheatcroft
Herbert Standing
Cinematography:Frank E. Garbutt
Studio:Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributor:Paramount Pictures
Runtime:50 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

The Home Town Girl is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Robert G. Vignola, written by Oscar Graeve and Edith Kennedy, and starring Vivian Martin, Ralph Graves, Lee Phelps, Carmen Phillips, Stanhope Wheatcroft, and Herbert Standing. It was released on May 11, 1919, by Paramount Pictures.[1] [2]

Plot

Nell Fanshawe (Martin) has so many suitors that she does not know what to do, and against her parents’ wishes she looks with favor upon John Stanley (Graves), who works in the village drug store. John becomes ambitious and goes to New York City to seek his fortune. He sells some valuable rugs to a wealthy lady and is persuaded by a discharged clerk to try his hand at cards. After he loses all of the firm's money in a poker game, he runs away. Nell goes to the city, obtains work in the same firm, and after she eventually finds John gets his position restored so in the end they find happiness.[3]

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home-Town-Girl - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20150114033017/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/95483/Home-Town-Girl/overview. dead. 14 January 2015. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Janiss Garza. 2015. 14 January 2015.
  2. Web site: The Home Town Girl. AFI. 14 January 2015.
  3. Reviews: The Home Town Girl . Exhibitors Herald . 8 . 21 . 45 . Exhibitors Herald Company . New York City . May 17, 1919 .