The Gaiety Girl (film)
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| The Gaiety Girl | |
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| Directed by | King Baggot |
| Written by | Frank S. Beresford Melville W. Brown Bernard McConville |
| Starring | Mary Philbin Joseph J. Dowling William Haines |
| Music by | Sidney Jones |
| Cinematography | Charles J. Stumar |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 31, 1924 |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
| IMDb profile | |
The Gaiety Girl is a 1924 romantic film directed by King Baggot.
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[edit] Plot
William Tudor has a huge debt and is forced to give up his family castle. He sells it to war millionaire John Kershaw and goes to London to visit his granddaughter Irene. Meanwhile, Tudor's nephew and Irene's sweetheart Owen travels to South Africa to oversee his father's mines. Irene becomes a chorus girl at the Gaiety Theatre. Here, John's son Christopher Kershaw falls in love with her. She doesn't want to have anything to do with him, but becomes desperate after her father gets ill. She gets the message Owen has been killed in the war and agrees to marry Christopher. Right after the marriage, an alive Owen shows up at the castle. Meanwhile, a huge chandelier crashes down on Christopher's head. He is now killed, which makes Irene and Owen able to reunite. Owen buys the castle back from John and Irene's grandfather comes back to his home.[1]
[edit] Cast
- Mary Philbin - Irene Tudor
- Joseph J. Dowling - William Tudor
- William Haines - Owen Tudor St. John
- Freeman Wood - Christopher 'Kit' Kershaw
- DeWitt Jennings - John Kershaw
- James O. Barrows - Juckins
- Otto Hoffman - Evan Evans
- Grace Darmond - Pansy Gale
[edit] References
- ^ New York Times Overview (Plot)
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