The Manicure Girl

The Manicure Girl
The Manicure Girl
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Directed by	Frank Tuttle
Written by	Townsend Martin (scenario)
Story by	Frederick Hatton; Fanny Hatton
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse Lasky
Starring	Bebe Daniels
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 6, 1925;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Manicure Girl is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bebe Daniels.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] a poor young manicurist becomes engaged to a poor young man who has saved enough money to build a bungalow to live in after they are married. The young woman craves riches and becomes interested in a married man who treats her gentlemanly and kindly. This "other" man is becoming estranged from his wife. The manicurist realizes her own influence in wrecking the marriage and, in sympathy with the wife, she effects a reconciliation between the two. Her fianced lover quarrels with her, but there is a happy ending when the two decide to hasten their marriage.

Cast

Bebe Daniels as Maria Maretti
Edmund Burns as Antonio Luca
Dorothy Cumming as Flora
Hale Hamilton as James Morgan
Charlotte Walker as Mrs. Morgan
Marie Shotwell as Mrs. Wainwright
Ann Brody as Mother Luca
Mary Foy as Mrs. Root-Chiveley

Preservation

With no prints of The Manicure Girl located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.^[5]

References

^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Manicure Girl at silentera.com. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Manicure Girl AFI Catalog of Feature Films Retrieved November 18, 2022.
^ "New Pictures: The Manicure Girl". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 22, no. 3. Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company. July 11, 1925. p. 49. Retrieved November 18, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Manicure Girl Library of Congress Retrieved November 18, 2022.
^ The Manicure Girl at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1925 Retrieved November 18, 2022.

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[1] Progressive Silent Film List: The Manicure Girl at silentera.com. Retrieved November 18, 2022.

[2] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Manicure Girl AFI Catalog of Feature Films Retrieved November 18, 2022.

[3] "New Pictures: The Manicure Girl". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 22, no. 3. Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company. July 11, 1925. p. 49. Retrieved November 18, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[4] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Manicure Girl Library of Congress Retrieved November 18, 2022.

[5] The Manicure Girl at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1925 Retrieved November 18, 2022.

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