''Splendid Folly'' is a 1919 British

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directed by

Arrigo Bocchi Arrigo Bocchi (c.1871 – ?) was a British-Italian film director and film producer, producer of the silent era.Low p.149-50 After the First World War Bocchi worked for Windsor Films at the Catford Studios in London as well as shooting films locati ...

and starring

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and Evelyn Harding.Low p.456 The film is set in

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and was shot on location in Italy, and at

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. It is based on a novel by Margaret Pedlar.

Plot

A playwright's wife leaves him when she mistakenly believes he has taken a mistress. She becomes a renowned

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Cast

as Diana Quentin *

as Mr. Errington * Evelyn Harding as Adrienne de Gervais *

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as Baroni *

Bert Wynne Bert Wynne (15 November 1889, Battersea, London – 14 November 1971, Yeovil, Somerset) was a British actor and film director. Selected filmography Director * ''The Town of Crooked Ways'' (1920) * '' The Manchester Man'' (1920) * ''Little Meg's ...

* Peggy Patterson * George Butler * Eileen McGrath * James English

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1919 films 1919 romantic drama films British silent feature films British romantic drama films Films set in Italy Films directed by Arrigo Bocchi Films based on British novels British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent romantic drama films English-language romantic drama films {{silent-romantic-drama-film-stub