Molly Entangled
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{{Infobox film
| name = Molly Entangled
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| director = Robert Thornby
| producer = Jesse L. Lasky
| screenplay = Edith M. Kennedy
| starring = Vivian Martin
Harrison Ford
Noah Beery, Sr.
G.S. Spaulding
Helen Dunbar
Gibson Gowland
| music =
| cinematography = James Van Trees
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| studio = Pallas Pictures
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1917|11|19}}
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
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Molly Entangled is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Robert Thornby and written by Edith M. Kennedy. The film stars Vivian Martin, Harrison Ford, Noah Beery, Sr., G.S. Spaulding, Helen Dunbar, and Gibson Gowland. The film was released on November 19, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/496960/molly-entangled|title=Molly Entangled (1917) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=5 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/102674/Molly-Entangled/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105213820/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/102674/Molly-Entangled/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Hal Erickson|title=Molly-Entangled - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2015|access-date=5 January 2015}} It is not known whether the film currently survives.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MollyEntangled1917.html Progressive Silent Film List: Molly Entangled] at silentera.com
Plot
As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Molly Entangled |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=5 |issue=24 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |date=December 8, 1917 |location=New York |pages=24–25 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald05exhi}} there is constant strife between the families of Barry and O'Mara. If Jim Barry (Spaulding) dies without marrying, the family fortune will revert to the son of the O'Maras. Jim gets intoxicated one night and slips down the cellar stairs, severely injuring himself. After the town doctor predicts that he will die, so to save the fortune Mrs. Barry (Dunbar) calls Molly Shawn (Martin) and asks her to marry Jim. Because the Barrys had done much for her family, Molly consents even though she loves Barney Malone (Ford). Jim is taken to the city, is operated on, and gets well. Molly is disappointed but, knowing it can be no other way, lives on as Mrs. Jim Barry. One day Jim learns that the marriage ceremony had been performed by a tramp endeavoring to escape justice, so he gives Molly her freedom and she and Barney make preparations for their wedding.
Cast
- Vivian Martin as Molly Shawn
- Harrison Ford as Barney Malone
- Noah Beery, Sr. as Shawn
- G.S. Spaulding as Jim Barry
- Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Barry
- Gibson Gowland as O'Mara
- William A. Carroll as Leary
- Jane Keckley as Mrs. O'Mara
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0178762|Molly Entangled}}
Category:1910s English-language films
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Robert Thornby
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language drama films
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