''Classified'' is a 1925 American silent

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directed by Alfred Santell and produced by and starring Corinne Griffith. It was based on a novel by

Edna Ferber Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning '' So Big'' (1924), '' Show Boat'' (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), '' Cima ...

and distributed through First National Pictures. The film was remade as '' Hard to Get'' by First National (subsidiary by Warner Brothers) in 1929 as an early talkie for Dorothy Mackaill, a Corinne Griffith rival at First National. Classified lobby card

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, a telephone operator in the classified advertisement department of a metropolitan daily newspaper longs to get away from her drab surroundings and onto

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. She accepts many invitations from men to ride down the avenue with them in their cars, but up to the time she meets one rich young man is successful in evading their advances. Then she meets a handsome chap who drives a flivver, and, despite its poor condition, is interested in him nevertheless. One night after a motor trip into the country that does not end well, she decides that it is the man of the flivver she wants.

Cast

Preservation

A print of ''Classified'' has been preserved at the

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and the

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.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Classified''
at silentera.com

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