The Girl Who Wouldn't Work

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The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
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Directed byMarcel De Sano
Written by Lois Hutchinson (scenario)
Based onThe Girl Who Wouldn't Work
by Gertie Wentworth-James
Produced by B. P. Schulberg
Starring Lionel Barrymore
Marguerite De La Motte
Henry B. Walthall
CinematographyAllen Siegler
Distributed by Preferred Pictures
Release date
  • August 18, 1925 (1925-08-18)
Running time
6 reels; 5,979 feet
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
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The Girl Who Wouldn't Work is an extant 1925 American silent drama film produced by B. P. Schulberg and starring Lionel Barrymore and Marguerite De La Motte. Preferred Pictures and Al Lichtman handled the distribution of this film directed by Marcel De Sano. [1] [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews, [3] Mary Hale, employed in a department store, arouses the displeasure of her boss because she shirks her work. Gordon Kent, a rounder, is turned down by another clerk, and flirts with Mary and she loses her job. To spite her fiancé, William Norworth, the assistant manager, she drives away in Kent’s automobile. They land at her home early in the morning just as her father, a night watchman, is returning home. He scolds and slaps her and, when she meets Kent the next day, she tells him that she has left home. He persuades her to come to his home for the night and he goes to the club. Greta, a chorus girl who is his mistress, comes to the house and kicks Mary out. Mary’s father also appears on the scene, mistakes Greta, who has hidden in bed, for Mary and shoots her dead. The next morning Kent discovers the tragedy, blames himself for it, and confesses the crime to save Mary’s reputation. Her father, however, finally confesses.

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Preservation

A print of The Girl Who Wouldn't Work is preserved at the Library of Congress. [4] [5]

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References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Girl Who Wouldn't Work at silentera.com
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  3. "New Pictures: The Girl Who Wouldn't Work", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (11), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 53, September 5, 1925, retrieved August 30, 2022PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress p. 68, The American Film Institute, c.1978
  5. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Girl Who Wouldn't Work