Arms and the Girl (1917)
50m
Running Time
October 14, 1917Release Date
Plot.
Ziegfeld Follies headliner Billie Burke starred in a handful of silent films, of which Arms and the Girl was the second. Burke plays an American lass who journeys to Europe to be reunited with her fiance. Not only has her sweetheart been unfaithful, but she arrives on the continent just as World War I breaks out.
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Cast & Crew.
Billie Burke
Ruth Sherwood
Thomas Meighan
Wilfred Ferrers
Louise Bates
Olga Karnovitch
J. Malcolm Dunn
Eugene
Arthur Bauer
Burgomaster (as A. Bower)
William David
Jack Martin
George S. Trimble
The General
Harry Lee
Joseph Kaufman
Director
Robert M. Baker
Theatre Play
May De Lacy
Actress
Grant Stewart
Theatre Play
Charles E. Whittaker
Writer
William Marshall
Director of Photography
Media.
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Arms and the Girl is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Joseph Kaufman and stars Billie Burke. The film is one of the few of director Kaufman's to survive and the earliest known Billie Burke silent to survive.
The film is based on a 1917 Broadway play which starred a young Fay Bainter.