| Polly of the Circus | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Charles T. Horan Edwin L. Hollywood |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Written by | Margaret Mayo(play:Polly of the Circus) Adrian Gil-Spear(scenario) Emmett Campbell Hall(scenario) |
| Starring | Mae Marsh |
| Cinematography | George W. Hill |
| Distributed by | Goldwyn Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 9, 1917 |
| Running time | 8 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film(English intertitles) |
Polly of the Circus is a 1917 silent film drama notable as the first film produced by Samuel Goldwyn after founding his studio Goldwyn Pictures. This film starred Mae Marsh, usually an actress for D.W. Griffith, but now under contract to Goldwyn for a series of films. The film was based on a 1907 Broadway play by Margaret Mayo which starred Mabel Taliaferro. Presumably when MGM remade the film in 1932 with Marion Davies, they still owned the screen rights inherited from the 1924 merger by Marcus Lowe of Metro, Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer studios. This film still survives, at the George Eastman House, as an example of an early Goldwyn feature.[1] [2] [3]