Miss Lulu Bett
(1921) American
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by William deMille (William C. de Mille)

Cast: Lois Wilson [Lulu Bett], Milton Sills, Mabel Van Buren [Ina Deacon, Lulu’s sister], Theodore Roberts [Dwight Deacon, her husband], Helen Ferguson [Diana Deacon, their elder daughter], May Giraci (Mae Giraci) [Monona Deacon, their young daughter], Clarence Burton, Ethel Wales [Mother Bett], Taylor Graves [Bobby Larkin], Charles Ogle

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount Picture]. / Adaptation (scenario) by Clara Beranger (Clara S. Beranger), from the play adaptation Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale of the novel Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale. Chief photographer (cinematography by) L. Guy Wilky. Presented by Adolph Zukor. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive; and in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm positive].

Keywords: Spinsters

Listing updated: 15 August 2007.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Brownlow-Parade p. 187; Drew-Speaking pp. 247-248, 255-256, 289; Everson-American p. 14; Limbacher-Feature p. 161; Shipman-Cinema p. 75; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 52-53.

Home Video: DVD.