The Dream Girl (film)

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The Dream Girl
The Dream Girl.jpg
Still from a 1916 issue of The Moving Picture World
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Written by Jeanie MacPherson
Produced byCecil B. DeMille
Jesse L. Lasky
Starring Mae Murray
Cinematography Alvin Wyckoff
Edited byCecil B. DeMille
Production
company
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • July 17, 1916 (1916-07-17)
Running time
50 minutes (1500 m)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles

The Dream Girl was a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Based on an original story by DeMille writer Jeanie MacPherson, the film starred Mae Murray and Theodore Roberts. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

Cast

Preservation

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

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References

  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Dream Girl". Silent Era. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
  2. Higashi, Sumiko (1994). Cecil B. De Mille and American Culture: The Silent Era. University of California Press. p. 84. ISBN   0-520-91481-3.
  3. "The Dream Girl". afi.com. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  4. "American Silent Feature Film Database: The Dream Girl". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 30, 2024.