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The Charm School is a american film of genre Comedy directed by James Cruze released in USA on 1 january 1921 with Wallace Reid

The Charm School (1921)

The Charm School
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Released in USA 1 january 1921
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romance

The Charm School is a lost 1921 American silent comedy film starring Wallace Reid. Produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures this James Cruze directed film was based on a 1920 Broadway stage play and novel by Alice Duer Miller that starred veteran actress Minnie Dupree. It is currently a lost film. It was filmed on the campus of Pomona College in Claremont, California.

Synopsis

As summarized in a film publication, when Mrs. Rolles (Farrington) insists that she will not have Austin Bevans (Reid) as a son-in-law, he insists that she will. But when his aunt dies and leaves Austin a girl's boarding school in her will, Austin gives up his suit of Susie Rolles (Bains) and decides to run the school. Under his aunt's regime the girls studied microbes, etc., but Austin turns it into a charm school where the girls are taught dancing, fencing, and grace in general. Elsie (Lee), one of the students, immediately falls in love with Austin, but he fails to respond. She then tries to vamp him, but when Austin does not fall she tells him directly that she loves him. Elsie's uncle is very interested in the young Austin. When Mrs. Rolles hears of how well he is getting along, she tries to patch things up between Austin and her daughter Susie, and tells Elsie that the two are engaged. While Elsie is brokenhearted, in the end all turns out well for she and Austin.

Actors

Wallace Reid

(Austin Bevans)Lila Lee

(Elsie)Adele Farrington

(Mrs. Rolles)Lincoln Stedman

(George Boyd)Kate Toncray

(Miss Curtis)
And :
Edwin Stevens
Snitz Edwards
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