Splendid Folly

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Splendid Folly
Directed by Arrigo Bocchi
Written by Margaret Pedlar (novel)
Hedley Sedgwick
Starring Manora Thew
Hayford Hobbs
Evelyn Harding
Production
company
Distributed byWalturdaw
Release date
November 1919
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Splendid Folly is a 1919 British silent romance film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Manora Thew, Hayford Hobbs and Evelyn Harding. [1] The film is set in Naples and was shot on location in Italy, and at Catford Studios in London. It is based on a novel by Margaret Pedlar.

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Plot

A playwright's wife leaves him when she mistakenly believes he has taken a mistress. She becomes a renowned opera singer.

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