She Couldn't Help It
{{Short description|1920 silent drama film directed by Maurice Campbell}}
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{{Infobox film
|name = She Couldn't Help It
|image = She Couldn't Help It (1920) - 1.jpg
|caption = Newspaper advertisement
|director = Maurice Campbell
|producer = Realart Pictures (Adolph Zukor)
|writer = Channing Pollock
Douglas Bronston (scenario)
|based_on = {{based on|In the Bishop’s Carriage|Miriam Michelson}}
|starring = Bebe Daniels
|cinematography = H. Kinley Martin
|distributor = Realart Pictures Corporation (Adolph Zukor)
|released = {{Film date|1920|12}}
|runtime = Feature length
|country = United States
|language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
She Couldn't Help It is a lost[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9091/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: She Couldn't Help It] Library of Congress Retrieved November 18, 2022. 1920 American silent comedy-drama and romance film directed by Maurice Campbell and starring Bebe Daniels. The story is based on the novel In the Bishop’s Carriage by Miriam Michelson and play of the same name by Channing Pollock.[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/18141 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: She Couldn't Help It] AFI Catalog of Feature Films Retrieved November 18, 2022.[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SheCouldntHelpIt1920.html Progressive Silent Film List: She Couldn't Help It] at silentera.com. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
The novel and play were previously filmed in 1913 as In the Bishop's Carriage starring Mary Pickford.
Plot
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Cast
- Bebe Daniels as Young Nance Olden
- Emory Johnson as William Lattimer
- Wade Boteler as Tom Dorgan
- Vera Lewis as Mother Hogan
- Herbert Standing as Bishop Van Wagenen
- Z. Wall Covington as Mr. Ramsey
- Helen Raymond as Mrs. Ramsey
- Ruth Renick as Nellie Ramsey
- Gertrude Short as Mag Monahan
- Milla Davenport as Matron
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb title|id=0011684}}
- [http://www.cable-car-guy.com/images/blog/2011/bebe_dianels_ogden_standard_examiner_19210228.jpg Newspaper advertisement of the film with image of Daniels]
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Category:American silent feature films
Category:Lost American comedy-drama films
Category:Lost American crime comedy films
Category:Lost American crime drama films
Category:Lost American romantic comedy films
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:American films based on plays
Category:Films based on multiple works
Category:1920 romantic comedy films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Maurice Campbell
Category:Silent romantic comedy films
Category:Silent American comedy films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Silent American comedy-drama films
Category:Silent crime comedy films
Category:English-language romantic comedy-drama films
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