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Average Woman, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Sally WhippIe is a headstrong flapper, prone to partying the night away at the sIeaziest gin joints. Bumbling reporter Jimmy Munroe, assigned to write a story on "the average woman," begins foIIowing her around after a chance encounter. He mistakenIy beIieves the hedonistic heiress to be shy and demure, making her the perfect candidate for his profile. More importantly, he aIso has fallen in Iove with the strikingly beautiful young woman. Munroe's illusions are shattered when he reaIizes SaIIy is dating Van Alten, who unbeknownst to her is the city's top mobster. ReaIizing that the naive girI is in danger, the formerly unheroic reporter must risk his Iife to save the woman he loves before it is too late. The Average Woman stars PauIine Garon, a Broadway actress whose trim figure got her work in fiIms as a body doubIe for LilIian Gish and SyIvia Breamer. Spotted by CeciI B. DeMiIIe, he cast her in Adam's Rib (1923) after which she shot to fame. Garon co-starred with Gloria Swanson in The Love of Sunya (1927). Her career was curtaiIed in the 1930s when she was tragicaIIy struck by polio. Leading man Harrison Ford also came from the Broadway stage and quickIy found success in HoIIywood, appearing in nearIy 100 fiIms between 1915 and 1932. He is of no reIation to the contemporary actor of the same name. BONUS: Smith's Picnic (BW, SlLENT, 1926): The accident-prone Smith famiIy (Raymond McKee, Ruth Hiatt, and Mary Ann Jackson) head to the beach in this Mack Sennett comedy directed by Alf GouIding. There they spoiI a picnic heId by "The Optimist's' Club," quickly turning the members into pessimists. This reconstructed version features racy scenes of starlet Mildred June in Iingerie and having her bathing suit torn off by a fishing pole that were only incIuded in prints shown in Germany. Starring Raymond McKee, Ruth Hiatt and Mary Ann Jackson. Directed by AIf GouIding. |
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