The Palm Beach Girl

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The Palm Beach Girl
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Film poster
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Written byByron Morgan (adaptation)
Forrest Halsey
Based onPlease Help Emily
by Harold Marsh Harwood
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Starring Bebe Daniels
Cinematography Lee Garmes
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • May 17, 1926 (1926-05-17)
Running time
70 minutes; 7 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
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The Palm Beach Girl is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film starring Bebe Daniels and directed by Erle C. Kenton. [1] [2] Set in Palm Beach, Florida, it is based upon the short-lived Broadway play, Please Help Emily, written by H. M. Harwood. [3]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, [4] Emily Bennett, a small town girl, comes to Florida to visit her wealthy aunts Jerry and Beatrice. During the train ride she puts her head out of the window for a better view and becomes covered with soot. Mistaken for a young black woman, she is forced to ride in the racially segregated Jim Crow passenger car. Her aunts are embarrassed when she arrives, but try to help her make a good social impression. Emily tries to help but bungles the christening of playboy Jack Trotter's boat. The young woman discovers some bootleggers transferring a cargo into Jack’s speed boat with plans to steal it. She interferes and is pushed into the boat, goes for a wild ride, and is later set adrift. The boat must be back the next day for the races, and Emily has an exciting time endeavoring to manipulate the craft. She gets back in time, operates the boat in the race, and wins it and the affection of Jack.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of The Palm Beach Girl located in any film archives, [5] it is a lost film. [6]

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Palm Beach Girl (Wayback)
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Palm Beach Girl at silentera.com
  3. "Please Help Emily – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020.
  4. "New Pictures: The Palm Beach Girl". Exhibitors Herald. 25 (07). Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 63. May 1, 1926. Retrieved April 3, 2024.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  5. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Palm Beach Girl
  6. The Palm Beach Girl at Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1926