Polly with a Past
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| Polly with a Past | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Leander de Cordova |
| Produced by | Metro Pictures |
| Written by | Guy Bolton(play) George Middleton(play) June Mathis(scenario) Arthur Zellner(scenario) |
| Starring | Ina Claire Ralph Graves Clifton Webb |
| Cinematography | Arthur Martinelli |
| Distributed by | Metro Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 29, 1920 |
| Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film(English intertitles) |
Polly with a Past is a 1920 American silent film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures and directed by Leander de Cordova. This film is based on a 1917 Broadway stage play produced by David Belasco that starred Ina Claire, and it is Claire who stars and reprises her stage role for this film. Clifton Webb, later a famous star in films, has an early unbilled screen appearance in this film. As with many Metro productions from the late teens and early twenties, this film is lost.[1] [2] [3]
[edit] Cast
- Ina Claire - Polly Shannon
- Ralph Graves - Rex Van Zile
- Marie Wainwright - Mrs. Van Zile
- Harry Benham - Clay Cullum
- Clifton Webb - Harry Richardson
- Louiszita Valentine - Myrtle Davis
- Myra Brooks - the cook
- Frank Currier -
[edit] References
- ^ Polly with a Past at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
- ^ Polly with a Past as produced on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre, September 6, 1917 to June 1918, 315 performance; IBDb.com
