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Bab's Matinee Idol (1917)

Bab's Matinee Idol poster
Directed by
J. Searle Dawley
Genre
silent film, romantic comedy, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman becomes infatuated with a movie star. She tries to meet him and gets into comedic situations.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfuldatedbreezyromanticgentle

What happens

Bab's Matinee Idol is a 1917 American silent romantic comedy film, based on the Mary Roberts Rinehart novel Bab: a Sub-Deb, produced by Famous Players–Lasky, and directed by J. Searle Dawley. This was the final film in the trilogy of Babs films that starred Marguerite Clark. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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