Miss George Washington
Miss George Washington is a lost[1] 1916 silent film comedy directed by J. Searle Dawley and starring Marguerite Clark. It was produced by Adolph Zukor through his Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[2][3]
| Miss George Washington | |
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 Newspaper advertisement | |
| Directed by | J. Searle Dawley |
| Produced by | Famous Players Film Company Daniel Frohman |
| Written by | Lew Allen |
| Starring | Marguerite Clark Niles Welch |
| Cinematography | H. Lyman Broening |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent..(English intertitles) |
Plot
A girl named Bernice Sommers gets herself and those around her into trouble by her constant fibbing. The films title makes the contrary allusion that George Washington never told a lie.
On December 1, 1917, the Belmont Courier in Belmont, Massachusetts printed a brief plot summary in an article about the movie showing at The Waverley Theatre on Trapelo Road (later renamed the Strand Theater and currently named The Studio Cinema): "Marguerite Clark, the exquisite little Famous Players star who has become one of the foremost photoplay stars on the screen is presented at the Waverley Theatre on Wednesday next week on the Paramount Program in the screamingly funny farce "Miss George Washington" directed by J. Searle Dowley, in which the little star plays the part of a girl who cannot tell the truth but who is reputed to never have told a lie in her life. It is one of the cleverest roles in which she has appeared."
Cast
- Marguerite Clark - Bernice Somers
- Frank Losee - Judge Altwold
- Niles Welch - Cleverley Trafton
- Florence Martin - Alice Altwold
- Joseph Gleason - Paul Carroll
- Maude Turner Gordon - Mrs. Altwold
- Billy Watson - Miss Perkins
- Herbert Prior - Colonel J.P. Worthington
uncredited
- Charlotte Greenwood - attendee at tea social
