Her Winning Way

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Directed by Joseph Henabery
Screenplay by Douglas Z. Doty
Based onAnn Annington
by Edgar Jepson
Ann
by Lechmere Worrall
Starring Mary Miles Minter
Gaston Glass
Cinematography Faxon M. Dean
Production
company
Realart Pictures Corporation
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • September 1921 (1921-09)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Her Winning Way is a silent comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Mary Miles Minter. The screenplay was written by Douglas Z. Doty, based upon the novel Ann Annington by Edgar Jepson and the play Ann by Lechmere Worrall. [1] As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film. [2]

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Mary Miles Minter in "Her Winning Way" (1921)

As described in various film magazine reviews, [3] [4] [5] [6] Ann Annington (Minter) is a book reviewer working for a magazine publishing firm, who send her to interview author Harold Hargrave (Glass). Hargrave is notoriously reticent and refuses the interview, so Ann decides to obtain the necessary information by other means.

Dressing up as a maid, Ann obtains a position in Hargrave's apartment and sets about seducing him, even suggesting that he kiss her in order to be able to write about romance more convincingly. She begins to find out the details that her publishing company wants to know, but she also finds out that she is falling in love with Hargrave.

Ann discovers that Hargrave's mother (Dunbar) is pushing him into a marriage with Evangeline (Morse), an intellectual but plain young woman. To save him from this unwanted marriage, Ann plants certain items of scanty feminine attire about Hargrave's bedroom, and when Evangeline finds these she promptly calls off the engagement. Ann's suitor Lloyd (Goodwins) also ends his relationship with her due to her evident feelings for Hargrave.

Hargrave learns of Ann's role at the paper, and, knowing that she is responsible for the end of his engagement, demands that she leave his premises. However, when he returns, she is still there. When she promises not to publish the information she has obtained about his private life, and convinces him of her true feelings, he forgives her, and all ends happily.

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References

  1. "Minter in "Ann Annington"". Motion Picture News. New York City: Motion Picture News, Inc. 24 (11): . September 3, 1921.
  2. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Her Winning Way
  3. "Reviews: Her Winning Way". Wid's Daily. New York: Wid’s Film and Film Folks inc. 17 (85): 21. September 25, 1921.
  4. "The Complete Plan Book: Her Winning Way". Motion Picture News. New York City: Motion Picture News, Inc. 24 (15): . October 1, 1921.
  5. "Newest Reviews and Comments: Her Winning Way". Moving Picture World. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company. 52 (5): . October 1, 1921.
  6. "Reviews: Mary Miles Minter in Her Winning Way". Exhibitors Herald. Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co. 13 (14): . October 1, 1921.