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The Dream Girl (1916)

The Dream Girl poster
Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman struggles with love and societal expectations in early 20th century America. The story follows her personal journey as she chooses between duty and desire.

old-fashionedromanticsentimentalslow-pacedtheatricalmelodramaticbittersweetperiodsilent-era

What happens

The Dream Girl is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Based on an original story by DeMille writer Jeanie MacPherson, the film starred Mae Murray and Theodore Roberts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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