Underplayed Gems

Miss Lulu Bett (1921)

Miss Lulu Bett poster
Directed by
William Churchill deMille
Genre
drama film, silent film, comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman stuck in a dreary small-town household with her controlling family finds a chance for a new life. She quietly navigates the limits placed on her and makes a surprising choice.

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What happens

Miss Lulu Bett is a 1921 American silent comedy drama film based on a 1920 play and bestselling novel of the same name by Zona Gale. The screenplay was written by Clara Beranger, and the film was directed by William C. deMille. The play won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In 2001, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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