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Jane Goes A-Wooing

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Jane Goes A-Wooing
Contemporary newspaper advertisement.
Directed byGeorge Melford
Written byEdith Kennedy (screen story and screenplay)
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
StarringVivian Martin
CinematographyPaul Perry
Henry Kotani
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • January 5, 1919 (1919-01-05)
Running time
5 reels; 4,383 feet
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Jane Goes A-Wooing is a lost[1][2] 1919 American silent society drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. George Melford directed Vivian Martin in this drama.[1][3]

Plot

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Based upon a review in a film magazine,[4] Jane Neill (Martin) goes to work for irritable old dramatist David Lyman (Aitken), who is annoyed by the extravagance of his spendthrift nephew Monty Lyman (Welch). Monty throws a ball at his uncle's home while Jane is there at work, and she sees him under favorable circumstances and comes to idealize him. When the playwright dies, Jane discovers that he has left his vast property to her because of her assistance in his last great work. Believing through her infatuated eyes that Monty is the rightful heir, she sets out to reform him before turning over the property to him.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: Jane Goes-A Wooing at silentera.com
  2. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Jane Goes A-Wooing
  3. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American film Institute, c. 1988
  4. ^ Harrison, Louis Reeves (Jan 18, 1919). "Critical Reviews and Comments: Jane Goes A-Wooing". Moving Picture World. 39 (3). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company: 385–86. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
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