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She Couldn’t Help It
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4423 feet
Directed by Maurice Campbell

Cast: Bebe Daniels [Nance Olden], Emory Johnson [William Lattimer], Wade Boteler [Tom Dorgan], Vera Lewis [Mother Hogan], Herbert Standing [Bishop Van Wagenen], Z. Wall Covington [Mr. Ramsey], Helen Raymond [Mrs. Ramsey], Ruth Renick [Nellie Ramsey], Gertrude Short [Mag Monahan], Milla Davenport [the home matron]

Realart Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Realart Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Douglas Bronston, from the play adaptation In the Bishop’s Carriage by Channing Pollock of the novel In the Bishop’s Carriage by Miriam Michelson. Cinematography by H. Kinley Martin. / © 14 December 1920 by Realart Pictures Corporation [LP15928]. Released December 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama: Crime.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.3968.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 9 October 2023.

References: AFI-F1 nn. F1.2160, F1.3968 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.