''Polly Redhead'' is a 1917 American silent

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directed by Jack Conway and starring

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and

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.Parish & Pitts p.75

Cast

as Polly Redhead *

as Lady Caroline *

as Duke of Osterley *

Gretchen Lederer Gretchen Lederer (née. Schwallenback, 23 May 1891 – 20 December 1955) was a German actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1918. Personal life Gretchen Lederer was born in Cologne, Germany. She was marr ...

as Lady Osterley * Helen Wright as Mrs. Brown *

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as Mrs. Meekin * George Webb as John Ruffin *

Dick La Reno Dick La Reno (October 31, 1863 – July 26, 1945) was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1914 and 1931. He was born in Ireland and died in Hollywood, California. Selected filmography * '' Ro ...

as Gedge Tomkins *

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as Ronald * William Worthington Jr. as Edgar aka The Lump *

Raymond Whitaker Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...

as Diego Perez

References

Bibliography

* James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 comedy films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Jack Conway American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub