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Why Girls Leave Home (1921)

Why Girls Leave Home poster
Directed by
William Nigh
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a silent drama about young women leaving their families and the consequences they face. The story focuses on the pressures and choices that lead them away from home.

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What happens

Why Girls Leave Home is a lost 1921 American silent drama film produced by Harry Rapf for Warner Bros. It was the only film from the studio to make a profit in 1921. The poster for the film was featured in the 1962 film Gypsy. Why Girls Go Back Home (1926) is a sequel to the film that was also produced by Warner Bros. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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