''Marry the Poor Girl'' is a 1921 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. It was based on the 1920

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play of the same name by

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.The ''Exhibitor's Trade Review'' noted that the "excellent" supporting cast were not credited onscreen "possibly because it was intended to keep only the two principals in the limelight".Munden p.496-97

Cast

as Jack Tanner *

as Julia Paddington

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1921 films 1921 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Lloyd Ingraham Associated Exhibitors films American films based on plays 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub