''The Foolish Virgin'' is a 1916 American
silent drama film
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directed by
Albert Capellani
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and starring
Clara Kimball Young
Clara Kimball Young (born Edith Matilda Clara Kimball;
September 6, 1890 – October 15, 1960) was an American film actress who was popular in the early silent film era.
Early life
Edith Matilda Clara Kimball was born in Chicago on Septembe ...
,
Conway Tearle
Conway Tearle (born Frederick Conway Levy, May 17, 1878 – October 1, 1938) was an American stage actor who went on to perform in silent and early sound films.
Early life
Tearle was born on May 17, 1878, in New York City, the son of the ...
, and
Paul Capellani
Paul Capellani (September 9, 1877 – November 7, 1960) was a noted French silent film actor. His brother was the director Albert Capellani and his uncle the film director Roger Capellani who died May 1940 at the Battle of Dunkirk.
He starred ...
.
[''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 304] It was shot at
Fort Lee in
New Jersey
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. Future star
Rudolph Valentino appeared as an uncredited
extra
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.
It was adapted from
Thomas Dixon's book and was marketed as "a worthy successor" to the film ''
The Common Law''.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.
External links
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1916 films
1916 drama films
1910s English-language films
American silent feature films
Silent American drama films
Films directed by Albert Capellani
American black-and-white films
Selznick Pictures films
Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey
1916 lost films
Lost drama films
1910s American films
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