Her First Elopement

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Her First Elopement
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Directed by Sam Wood
Screenplay by Edith Kennedy
Story by Alice Duer Miller
Based onHer First Elopement
by Alice Duer Miller
Starring Wanda Hawley
Jerome Patrick
Nell Craig
Lucien Littlefield
Jay Eaton
Helen Dunbar
Cinematography Alfred Gilks
Production
company
Realart Pictures Corporation
Distributed byRealart Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • December 1920 (1920-12)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Her First Elopement is a 1920 American drama film directed by Sam Wood and written by Edith M. Kennedy. It is based on the 1915 novel Her First Elopement by Alice Duer Miller. The film stars Wanda Hawley, Jerome Patrick, Nell Craig, Lucien Littlefield, Jay Eaton, and Helen Dunbar. The film was released in December 1920, by Realart Pictures Corporation. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

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Preservation status

A print of Her First Elopement exists in the Museum of Modern Art collection in New York. [4]

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References

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  2. Janiss Garza. "Her First Elopement (1920) - Sam Wood". AllMovie. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  3. "Her First Elopement". Afi.com. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  4. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Her First Elopement