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Why Girls Leave Home is a american film directed by William Nigh released in USA on 4 september 1921 with Anna Q. Nilsson

Why Girls Leave Home (1921)

Why Girls Leave Home
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Released in USA 4 september 1921
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OriginUSA

Why Girls Leave Home is a lost 1921 American silent drama film produced by Harry Rapf for Warner Bros.. It was the only film from the studio to make a profit in 1921. The poster for the film was featured in the 1962 film Gypsy.

Why Girls Go Back Home (1926) is a sequel to the film that was also produced by Warner Bros.

Synopsis

This picture makes some revealing statements about rearing teens in the 20s—Mr. Hedder (George Lessey) is so straight-laced and old fashioned that he will not even let his daughter Anna (Anna Q. Nilsson then 33 years old) own an evening gown, believing that nice girls do not own such things! So Anna is given one by a friend who works as a model. Hedder thinks she stole it and goes to Wallace, the store's owner (Claude King). Wallace thinks Anna is running wild, and on his advice, Hedder hits her. As a result, Anna leaves home and moves in with some gold diggers. She discovers that Wallace's own daughter, Madeline (Maurine Powers) is a frequenter of questionable nightclubs. On top of that, the girl is the pawn of Reynolds (Coit Albertson), who is romancing her for business reasons. Anna finds Madeline alone in Reynold's apartment and uses this knowledge to get back at Wallace. Eventually she sends Madeline back home and the two fathers reconcile with their daughters.

Actors

Anna Q. Nilsson

(Anna Hedder)Julia Swayne Gordon

(Mrs. Wallace)Katherine Perry

(Edith)Claude King

(Mr. Wallace)Coit Albertson

(Mr. Reynolds)
And :
George Lessey
John B. O'Brien
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