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An Affair of the Follies (1927)
Directed by Millard Webb
Overview
Young husband Jerry, a clerk, loses his job, and in order to bring money into the house, his wife Tamara goes back to her old job as a dancer in the Follies. The husband doesn’t like the idea at all, and they wind up separating. One night the clerk and his friend, an inventor, are dining at a restaurant, and the inventor is lamenting that he has a great invention but can’t get in to see a millionaire named Hammersley in order get get financial backing. They don’t know that Hammersley happens to be sitting at the next table. The three strike up a conversation and become friends. However, there’s another thing Jerry also doesn’t know—Hammersley is in love with Tamara and, in fact, she is going to his house that night to see him.
Length 70 minutes
Actors
Lewis Stone | Billie Dove | Lloyd Hughes | Arthur Stone | Arthur Hoyt | Bertram Marburgh | Vera Gordon