My Best Girl


1915

Brief Synopsis

A man seeks out an old friend and enters his home only to be sucked into an all-consuming malady that originates in the soul of a beautiful and treacherous woman.

Film Details

Release Date
Jun 14, 1915
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Rolfe Photoplays, Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the musical comedy My Best Girl , book and lyrics by Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf, score by Clifton Crawford and Augustus Barratt (New York, 12 Sep 1912).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

Richard "Dick" Vanderfleet, a wealthy college student, loves Dora Lane so deeply that, unknown to her, he sends her father Colonel Lane money to support the old chemist's development of a new explosive. Ann Wilson, the cast-off mistress of Dick's fellow student, Paul Denton, visits the dormitory to warn Paul of her brother's wrath, and when Paul hears approaching footsteps, he hides Dora in Dick's room, where she is discovered by college officials. Expelled from Stanford, disinherited and shunned by his beloved Dora, Dick injures a man in a fight, and to escape disgrace, he exchanges identities with Brown, his chauffeur, unaware that Brown has deserted the army. While Dick is experiencing army life, Paul, anxious to obtain Colonel Lane's valuable formula, courts Dora, who still refuses to see Dick. In the end, Ann explains everything to Dora, who happily returns to the man who really loves her.

Film Details

Release Date
Jun 14, 1915
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Rolfe Photoplays, Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the musical comedy My Best Girl , book and lyrics by Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf, score by Clifton Crawford and Augustus Barratt (New York, 12 Sep 1912).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

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Notes

This film was re-made in 1927 starring Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.3734.)