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A Girl’s Folly
(1917)
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This lightweight comedy-drama, directed by Maurice Tourneur and scripted by Frances Marion and Tourneur, stars Robert Warwick, Doris Kenyon and Johnny Hines.

2003 Image Entertainment edition

A Girl’s Folly (1917), color-toned black & white, 30 minutes, not rated, with The Wishing Ring (1914), color-toned black & white, 60 minutes, not rated, The New York Hat (1912), black & white, 16 minutes, not rated, and Before Hollywood There Was Fort Lee, N.J. (1964), color and black & white, 40 minutes, not rated.

Image Entertainment, ID1855DSDVD, 0-14381-18552-2.
Windowboxed 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, dual-layered DVD disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 6 chapter stops, keep case, $24.99.
DVD release date: 20 May 2003.
Country of origin: USA

Our first look at this abbreviated edition of A Girl’s Folly reveals a very-good to excellent 35mm source print has been utilized for the sepia-toned video transfer. The tonal ranges are broad and image detail very-good.

The film exerpts are accompanied by an excellent music score performed on piano and violin.

Included on this documentary disc as an example of Fort Lee filmmaking, and also as a wry look by filmmakers at their industry, we hope that someday the entire film will be made available.

 
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.
Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.
Other silent era Maurice Tourneur films available on DVD home video:
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)
The Blue Bird (1918)
The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
Lorna Doone (1922)
The Pride of the Clan (1917)
Victory (1919)
The Wishing Ring (1914)
 
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