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Miss Lulu Bett

Director: William C. de Mille (Dir)
Release Date:   1922
Premiere Information:   Los Angeles premiere: week of 13 Nov 1921; New York opening: week of 25 Dec 1921
Duration (in feet):   5,904
Duration (in reels):   7

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Cast:	Lois Wilson	(Lulu Bett)
	Milton Sills	(Neil Cornish)
	Theodore Roberts	(Dwight Deacon)
	Helen Ferguson	(Diana Deacon)
	Mabel Van Buren	(Mrs. Dwight Deacon)
	May Giraci	(Manona Deacon)
	Clarence Burton	(Ninian Deacon)
	Ethel Wales	(Grandma Bett)
	Taylor Graves	(Bobby Larkin)
	Charles Ogle	(Station agent)

Summary:

Spinster Lulu Bett is a drudge in the home of her married sister, Mrs. Dwight Deacon, whose husband is justice of the peace and dentist in the small town where they live. The monotony of Lulu's life is broken by the arrival of Dwight's brother, Ninian, who takes pity on her. He arranges a supper party in her honor and jokingly recites the marriage ceremony with Lulu; Dwight, in his official capacity, realizes the ceremony is binding, and Lulu remains with Ninian until she learns that he has another wife, who is missing. Returning home, Lulu is treated by Dwight as a deserted wife to avoid exposing his brother as a bigamist; and she is the object of unrelenting gossip. Finally, Lulu refuses to be a servant and accepts the attentions of Neil Cornish, the village schoolteacher; and after being notified that Ninian's wife is alive, she is happily married to Neil.

Production Company:	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Distribution Company:	Paramount Pictures
Director:	William C. de Mille	(Dir)
Producer:	Adolph Zukor	(Pres)
Writer:	Clara Beranger	(Adpt)
Photography:	L. Guy Wilky	(Dir of photog)
Country:	United States
Language:	English

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Source Text:	Based on the novel Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale (New York, 1920).
Authors:	Zona Gale

Copyright Claimant	Copyright Date	Copyright Number
Famous Player-Lasky Corp.	7/12/1921 dd/mm/yyyy	LP17328

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Genre:	Melodrama

Subjects (Major):	Bigamy
	Brothers
	Dentists
	Drudges
	Justices of the peace
	Reputation
	Schoolteachers
	Small town life
	Spinsters

Note:

Bibliographic Sources:	Date	Page
Film Daily	25 Dec 1921	p. 49.
New York Times	25 Dec 1921	sec. 2, p. 6.
Photoplay	Mar 1922.
Variety	23 Dec 1921	p. 35.

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