The Foolish Virgin

The Foolish Virgin
The Foolish Virgin
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Directed by	George W. Hill
Written by	Lois Zellner
Based on	The Foolish Virgin: A Romance of Today; by Thomas Dixon Jr.
Starring	Elaine Hammerstein
Cinematography	Norbert Brodine
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	August 15, 1924;
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

For the earlier silent.film of the same name see The Foolish Virgin (1916 film)

The Foolish Virgin is a lost^[1] 1924 American silent romantic drama film released by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by George W. Hill and stars Elaine Hammerstein.^[2] It is based on the 1915 novel The Foolish Virgin: A Romance of Today by Thomas Dixon Jr. This is the second known adaptation of the novel; the first was released in 1916.^[3]

Plot[]

Jim Owens (Frazer) rescues Mary Adams (Hammerstein) from a scheming lawyer. Jim is successful inventor, however Mary is unaware that he has a history as a thief before they met. They fall in love and get married. Mary leaves Jim when she discovers his criminal history. In the end Jim rescues Mary and their child from a forest fire, renewing Mary's love for Jim. The 1924 plot notably differs from the book and the 1916 film. In the earlier versions Jim's thievery continued during the marriage, and only he reformed his ways after losing Mary.^[4]^[3]

Cast[]

Elaine Hammerstein as Mary Adams
Robert Frazer as Jim Owens / Eiphann Owens
Gladys Brockwell as Nance Owens
Phyllis Haver as Jane Sanderson
Lloyd Whitlock as Charles Spencer
Irene Hunt as Mrs. Dawson
Howard Truesdale as Dr. Dawson
Jack Henderson as Sam Allen
Roscoe Karns as Chuck Brady
Oliver Cross as Lawson Howard
Edward W. Borman as Dan O'Leary (credited as Edward Borman)
Spec O'Donnell as Little Boy
Billy Seay as Jim Owens as a Boy (uncredited)

Critical reception[]

While Variety magazine in 1924 wrote that "It should please the average audience", in 1925 Photoplay magazine described The Foolish Virgin as "silly, uninteresting, tiresome".^[3]

References[]

^ American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Foolish Virgin
^ The Foolish Virgin at the Turner Classic Movies Database
^ ^a ^b ^c Slide, Anthony (2004). American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon. Louisville, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 110. ISBN 0-8131-2328-3.
^ The Foolish Virgin (1924), American Film Institute's Catalog of Feature Films

External links[]

The Foolish Virgin at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

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[1] American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Foolish Virgin

[2] The Foolish Virgin at the Turner Classic Movies Database

[anthonyslide-3] Slide, Anthony (2004). American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon. Louisville, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 110. ISBN 0-8131-2328-3.

[4] The Foolish Virgin (1924), American Film Institute's Catalog of Feature Films

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v t Works by Thomas Dixon Jr.
Novels	The Leopard's Spots The One Woman The Clansman The Traitor Comrades The Root of Evil The Sins of the Father The Foolish Virgin The Fall of a Nation The Flaming Sword
Plays	The Clansman The Traitor The Sins of the Father The Leopard's Spots
Films	The Birth of a Nation The Fall of a Nation The Foolish Virgin (1916) The One Woman Bolshevism on Trial Wing Toy The Brass Bowl The Foolish Virgin (1924) Champion of Lost Causes The Trail Rider The Gentle Cyclone Nation Aflame