Underplayed Gems

A Show Girl's Stratagem (1911)

A Show Girl's Stratagem poster
Original title
A Show Girl’s Strategem
Directed by
Harry Solter
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
10 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A show girl uses a trick to get what she wants. This is a short silent film from 1911, notable as the first movie starring Dorothy Gibson, who later survived the Titanic disaster.

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What happens

A Show Girl's Stratagem è un cortometraggio muto del 1911 diretto da Harry Solter. È il primo film interpretato da Dorothy Gibson, una nota modella passata al cinema che - l'anno seguente - diventò famosissima dopo essere scampata al naufragio del Titanic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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