The Palm Beach Girl 1925 advertisement in the book - 25 Paramount Showman's Pictures (1925) (page 38 crop)

''The Palm Beach Girl'' is a 1926 silent

romantic comedy film Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

starring

Bebe Daniels Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer. She began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a child actress, became a star in musicals such ...

and directed by

Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton (August 1, 1896 – January 28, 1980) was an American film director. Kenton was director of B films, with his most famous film being ''Island of Lost Souls (1932 film), Island of Lost Souls'' starring Charles Laughton. Biogr ...

. It is based upon the short-lived

Broadway play Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), 130 of the 144 extant and extinct Broadway venues use (used) the spelling ''Th ...

, ''Please Help Emily'', written by

H. M. Harwood Harold Marsh Harwood (29 March 1874 – 19 April 1959) was a British businessman, playwright, screenwriter and theatre manager. He was the son of the businessman and politician George Harwood and the husband of F. Tennyson Jesse who co-wrote some ...

Cast

as Emily Bennett *

Lawrence Gray Lawrence Gray (July 28, 1898 – February 2, 1970) was an American actor of the 1920s and 1930s. Biography Born in San Francisco in 1898, Gray served during World War I in the U. S. Navy and gained a commission. After the war he began i ...

as Jack Trotter *

Marguerite Clayton Marguerite Clayton (born Margaret Fitzgerald; April 12, 1891 – December 20, 1968) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 170 films between 1909 and 1928, many of which were westerns with Broncho Billy Anderson ...

as Julia *Josephine Drake as Aunt Jerry *John Patrick as Herbert Moxon (credited as John G. Patrick) * Armand Cortes as Tug Wilson *Royal Byron as Sheriff (credited as Roy Byron) *

Maude Turner Gordon Maude Turner Gordon (November 10, 1868 – January 12, 1940) was an American actress who appeared in 81 films between 1914 and 1938. Biography Born in Franklin, Indiana, Gordon was the daughter of Alexander and Nancy Wright Turner. She wa ...

as Aunt Beatrice

Preservation

With noprints of ''The Palm Beach Girl'' located in any film archives, it is a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

.''The Palm Beach Girl'' at Lost Film Files: ''Paramount Pictures 1926
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References

External links

The Palm Beach Girl @ IMDb.comAllMovie.com; synopsislobby poster
1926 films Films directed by Erle C. Kenton Lost American films Paramount Pictures films Films based on British novels American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1926 romantic comedy films American romantic comedy films 1926 lost films Lost romantic comedy films 1920s American films Silent romantic comedy films Silent American comedy films 1920s English-language films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub