The Girl Philippa
Cast & Crew
S. Rankin Drew
Anita Stewart
S. Rankin Drew
Frank Morgan
Miss Curley
Billie Billings
Film Details
Synopsis
Philippa is raised in Ausone by her guardian Wildresse. As a young woman, she becomes a dancer at the Café de Biribi where Wildresse asks her to spy on an Englishman. Warner, an American artist who is in love with Philippa, becomes acquainted with the Englishman, named Halkett, and through this relationship introduces Halkett to Philippa. The three become close friends. After many adventures, Halkett is able to save his country's secrets from Wildresse, who is a German spy, and Philippa falls in love with Warner. In the end, it is revealed that Philippa is actually a Balkan princess who was stolen at birth.
Director
S. Rankin Drew
Cast
Anita Stewart
S. Rankin Drew
Frank Morgan
Miss Curley
Billie Billings
Captain Eyerman
Ned Hay
Stanley Dunn
Alfred Rabock
Jules Cowles
Betty Young
L. S. Johnson
Anders Randolf
Frank Crayne
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Chambers' novel was serialized in Cosmopolitan in 1916. The film, according to news items, broke all previous world-wide records for box office receipts in a single day when it took in $3,471 at the Rialto Theater in New York City. Other cities reported record-breaking earnings as well when the film opened in January 1917 across the country. This film was released January 21, 1917 in the East and January 28, 1917 in the West. The New York Times noted that the film displayed an unusual effect by the use of two projectors used simultaneously, projecting both a proclamation of war and scenes of mobilization, to create an effect similar to that of double exposure.
