''The Way of a Girl'' is a 1925 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
starring
Eleanor Boardman
Olive Eleanor Boardman (August 19, 1898 – December 12, 1991) was an American film actress of the silent era.
Early life and career
Olive Eleanor Boardman was born on August 19, 1898, the youngest child to George W. Boardman and Janice Merriam ...
,
Matt Moore, and
William Russell. The film was
directed
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* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
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by
Robert G. Vignola
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, and the
screenplay
''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993.
Background
After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, fe ...
written by
Albert S. Le Vino. It is based on a story by
Katharine Newlin Burt.
The female lead, Eleanor Boardman, stars in one of the 11 movies she did for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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in the first two years of the life of the studio.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,
[ ] overhearing her fiancé tell her father that he "knows all about handling girls," Rosamond decides to show him that he knows nothing about it. Her escapades land her in jail for speeding. Her fiancé rescues her from her sentence of ten days. Still headstrong in her belief that no man can subdue her, she recklessly drives over an embankment and is rescued by two criminals that are hiding in a cave. After escaping from what appears to be certain death, she is rescued and "tamed," admitting her submission.
Cast
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Eleanor Boardman
Olive Eleanor Boardman (August 19, 1898 – December 12, 1991) was an American film actress of the silent era.
Early life and career
Olive Eleanor Boardman was born on August 19, 1898, the youngest child to George W. Boardman and Janice Merriam ...
as Rosamond
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Matt Moore as George
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William Russell as Brand
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Matthew Betz
Matthew Betz (September 13, 1881 – January 26, 1938) was an American film actor. Betz was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1881. Following an extended career in the U.S. Cavalry, Betz spent eight years in Vaudeville. His first stage play w ...
as Matt
*
Charles K. French
Charles K. French (born Charles Ekrauss French or Charles E. Krauss; January 17, 1860 – August 2, 1952) was an American film actor, screenwriter and director who appeared in more than 240 films between 1909 and 1945.
Biography
French was ...
as the Police Judge
References
External links
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1925 films
Silent American drama films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
1925 drama films
Films directed by Robert G. Vignola
Films based on works by Katharine Newlin Burt
1920s English-language films
1920s American films
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