Moonlight Follies Explained

Moonlight Follies is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by King Baggot and starring Marie Prevost, Lionel Belmore and Marie Crisp.^[1]

Plot

Nan Rutledge is a young flapper who has many boys at her beck-and-call, whom she invites to midnight dances at her home. After a raucous house party, she is ordered by her father to find a husband and settle down. She immediately decides to marry the last person her father met with at random, the wealthy woman-hating Anthony Griswald. When proposed to, she accepts but then later changes her mind in front of guests. Later, Anthony abducts her and secrets her to his mountain cabin where he sends for the parson.

Cast

• Marie Prevost as Nan Rutledge
• Lionel Belmore as James Rutledge
• Marie Crisp as Cissie Hallock
• George Fisher as Rene Smythe
• Clyde Fillmore as Tony Griswold

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

Notes and References

1. Munden p.523