A Girl's Desire

A Girl's Desire
Directed by	David Smith
Written by	J. Raleigh Davies
Starring	Alice Calhoun Warner Baxter Frank Hall Crane
Cinematography	W. Steve Smith Jr.
Production company	Vitagraph Company of America
Distributed by	Vitagraph Company of America
Release date	September 10, 1922 (1922-09-10)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

A Girl's Desire is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by David Smith and starring Alice Calhoun, Warner Baxter and Frank Hall Crane. ^[1]

Plot

A wealthy and socially ambitious American woman plans to buy social position by acquiring some heirlooms and an elaborate family tree. This leads on to a potential marriage between the American's daughter Elizabeth and Lady Dysart's son Cecil, only for the real Lord Dysart to appear disguised as a journalist.

Cast

• Alice Calhoun as Elizabeth Browne
• Warner Baxter as Jones / Lord Dysart
• Frank Hall Crane as 'Lord' Cecil Dysart
• Lillian Lawrence as Lady Dysart
• Victory Bateman as Mrs. Browne
• James Donnelly as H. Jerome Browne
• Sadie Gordon as Miss Grygges
• Charles Dudley as Perkins
• Lydia Yeamans Titus as Cook
• Harry Pringle as Solicitor

References

1. Connelly p.354

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• A Girl's Desire at IMDb