Polly of the Follies

Overview

A romantic comedy, focusing on the love triangle between Bob Jones, Alysia Potter and Polly Meachum. Originally engaged, Bob and Alysia elope to Bowling Green, Connecticut, where they meet Silas Meachum, a campaigner against motion pictures, and his daughter, Polly. The eloping couple’s family arrive, chasing them, and persuade them to wait to get married. Polly goes to New York to join the Ziegfeld Follies, but is ultimately replaced by Alysia. As Bob consoles Polly, Alysia breaks off the engagement, and Bob and Polly may now marry.

Directed by John Emerson

Top cast

Constance Talmadge

Polly Meacham

Harry Fisher

Pop Cummings

Billie Dove

Alysia Potter

Thomas Carr

Jimmy Meacham

George Fawcett

Mr. Jones

James Gleason

Paul Gordon

Kenneth Harlan

Bob Jones

John Daly Murphy

Julius Caesar in Skit

H

Horace Knight

Silas Meacham

F

Frank Lalor

Daddy Hood

I

Ina Borke

Mrs. Jones

M

Mildred Arden

Hattie Jones

P

Paul Doucet

Clarence Hope

Theresa Maxwell Conover

Mrs. Potter

B

Bernard Randall

Flo Ziegfeld

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