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The Girl Who Came Back (1918 film)

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The Girl Who Came Back
Still with Charles West, Theodore Roberts, and Ethel Clayton
Directed byRobert G. Vignola
Screenplay byBeulah Marie Dix
Produced byJesse L. Lasky
StarringEthel Clayton
Elliott Dexter
Theodore Roberts
James Neill
Charles West
Marcia Manon
CinematographyCharles Edgar Schoenbaum
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 8, 1918 (1918-09-08)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Girl Who Came Back is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by Beulah Marie Dix based upon the play by C. M. S. McLellan. The film stars Ethel Clayton, Elliott Dexter, Theodore Roberts, James Neill, Charles West, and Marcia Manon. The film was released on September 8, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[3] Lois Hartner (Clayton), daughter of the thief Michael "Old Hartner" (Roberts), is saved from death in a shipwreck by George Bayard (Dexter), a state senator and social reformer. Her father plans to rob the Bayard house of a valuable string of pearls. Lois is charged with the duty of obtaining the pearls, but during the operation George surprises her. Ralph Burton (West), scapegrace brother-in-law of George, takes the pearls while George is absent from the room, and George believes Lois has taken them. She has determined to give up the criminal life she was living and goes to the West. After Ralph confesses to the theft, George finds her and makes her his wife.

Cast

Preservation status

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Girl Who Came Back was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 2, of two scenes of young woman turning combination of safe where light plays on her hands.[5]

References

  1. ^ "The Girl Who Came Back (1918) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ "The Girl Who Came Back (1918) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Reviews: The Girl Who Came Back". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (13). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 34. September 21, 1918.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Girl Who Came Back Retrieved October 1 2016
  5. ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (13): 44. September 21, 1918.