''Bobbed Hair'' is a 1925 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

Marie Prevost Marie Prevost (born Marie Bickford Dunn; November 8, 1896 – January 21, 1937) was a Canadian-born film actress. During her 20-year career, she made 121 silent and sound films. Prevost began her career during the silent film era. She was d ...

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Louise Fazenda Louise Fazenda (June 17, 1895 – April 17, 1962) was an American film actress, appearing chiefly in silent comedy films. Early life Fazenda was born in her maternal grandparents' house in Lafayette, Indiana, the daughter of merchandise broke ...

, and

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. It was based on a 1925 novel of the same name written by twenty different authors. The film was produced and distributed by

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Co-authors of the novel

*George Agnew Chamberlain – novelist *

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– novelist *Robert Gordon Anderson – short story writer * George P. Putnam – publisher of the novel *

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– critic and essayist (''

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'') *

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– co-editor of " The Whiffenpoof Song" * John V. A. Weaver – poet *

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–

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's son *

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– poet / story writer / dramatist *

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– novelist *Gerald Mygatt – journalist * Carolyn Wells – comic poet / mystery writer *

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– cartoonist *

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– journalist *

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– playwright / actor *

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– comic novelist *

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– vaudeville star / author *

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– author (''

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'') *

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– novelist

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine, Connemara Moore (Prevost) has two suitors, one likes bobbed hair, the other does not. In escaping from both she enters the car of David Lacy (Harlan), a stranger which proves to have been stolen from

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and is swept into a succession of exciting situations including an attack by hijackers, a fight in a private yacht, and rescue by the stranger – who takes her to his beautiful home to which her own party is brought. Eventually it turns out that the hero was looking for adventure and found romance as well and that the girl has become enmeshed in a trap set by revenue officers. When the time for the show-down comes, she has only one side of her hair bobbed and this means that the handsome stranger has won.

Cast

Cast notes *

and

Helene Costello Helene Costello (June 21, 1906 – January 26, 1957) was an American stage and film actress, most notably of the silent era. Early life and career Born in New York City, Costello was the youngest daughter of the prominent stage and pioneering ...

appear in bit parts

Preservation status

A surviving print of ''Bobbed Hair'' is housed in a foreign archive. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Bobbed Hair''
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References

External links

* * 1925 films 1925 comedy films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films based on works by Louis Bromfield Films directed by Alan Crosland Warner Bros. films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub