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A Girl’s Folly
(1917)

This lightweight comedy-drama, directed by Maurice Tourneur and scripted by Frances Marion and Tourneur, stars Robert Warwick, Doris Kenyon and Johnny Hines. The film contains some great behind-the-scenes looks at filmmaking in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

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.

Film Preservation Associates, distributed by 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

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 7 / additional content: 7 / overall: 6.

This abbreviated edition of A Girl’s Folly has utlized a very-good-to-excellent 35mm source print for the slightly windowboxed sepia-toned natural-speed video transfer. The tonal ranges are broad and image detail very-good. Viewing the disc on high-definition equipment is a pleasure.

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.

200? Reel Classic DVD edition

A Girl’s Folly (1917), black & white, ? minutes, not rated,
with The Beloved Blackmailer (1918), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Reel Classic DVD, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, two single-sided, single-layered DVD-R discs, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $20.00.
DVD release date: 200?.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition features a complete presentation of A Girl’s Folly, and has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print. Some print decomposition is seen.

The film is accompanied by a Wurlitzer organ score performed by Bernie Anderson.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available directly from Reel Classic DVD.

Other silent era MAURICE TOURNEUR films available on home video.

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