The Girl of My Dreams


1918

Film Details

Release Date
Dec 15, 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
National Film Corp. of America
Distribution Company
Exhibitors Mutual Distributing Corp.; Robertson-Cole Co.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the musical comedy The Girl of My Dreams , book by Wilbur D. Nesbit and Otto Hauerbach, music by Karl L. Hoschna (New York, 7 Aug 1911)

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6 reels

Synopsis

A young girl nicknamed "The Weed" lives with her foster parents in their mountain cabin and frequently visits a nearby health resort to sell milk and eggs. On one of her excursions, she befriends a cantankerous old millionaire, George Bassett, who later bequeathes to her his entire estate. Ralph Long's car plunges down an embankment, and he is dragged from the wreckage and looked after by the Weed, who soon captivates him with her charm and ingenuousness. While he is in the hospital, however, the lecherous Kenneth Stewart snaps a photo of the girl swimming in the nude in a mountain pool and hangs an enlargement of it in his club. He once attempts to enter her room but she bolts him out. Through a neighbor, Ralph learns that Stewart is actually the girl's father, whose abandonment of his wife soon after the Weed's birth led to the woman's death. Ralph confronts Stewart, and the latter, deeply ashamed, leaves town. Ralph resolves to keep the truth from the Weed and proposes to her.

Film Details

Release Date
Dec 15, 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
National Film Corp. of America
Distribution Company
Exhibitors Mutual Distributing Corp.; Robertson-Cole Co.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the musical comedy The Girl of My Dreams , book by Wilbur D. Nesbit and Otto Hauerbach, music by Karl L. Hoschna (New York, 7 Aug 1911)

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6 reels

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Trivia

Notes

The Pennsylvania State Board of Censors eliminated several shots of the bathing scene before approving the film for that state. Some sources incorrectly list art director Martin J. Doner as Martin L. Doner.