Directed by John Emerson Director John Emerson Cinematography J. Roy Hunt | Initial release 1922 Produced by Constance Talmadge Story by John Emerson, Anita Loos | |
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Written by John Emerson
Anita Loos Starring Constance Talmadge
Horace Knight
Thomas Carr Production
company Constance Talmadge Film Company Distributed by Associated First National Pictures, Inc. Release date January 30, 1922 (1922-01-30) Cast Constance Talmadge, Thomas Carr Similar Woman's Place, A Virtuous Vamp, Mama's Affair, The Matrimaniac | ||
Polly of the Follies is a 1922 silent film starring Constance Talmadge, Horace Knight and Thomas Carr. It is presumed to be lost; all that is known to have survived is a trailer. An intertitle from the trailer states that Talmadge plays "a stagestruck country girl who hits New York and strikes Ziegfeld for a job". According to the Internet Movie Database, this was James Gleason's film debut.
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Plot
The film is a romantic comedy, focusing on the love triangle between Bob Jones, Alysia Potter and Polly Meachum. Originally engaged, Bob and Alysia elope to Bowling Green, Connecticut, where they meet Silas Meachum, a campaigner against motion pictures, and his daughter, Polly. The eloping couple’s family arrive, chasing them, and persuade them to wait to get married. Polly goes to New York to join the Ziegfeld Follies, but is ultimately replaced by Alysia. As Bob consoles Polly, Alysia breaks off the engagement, and Bob and Polly may now marry.