The Mysterious Miss Terry (1917)
Chock full of surprises and laughs and shows a new way to land a husband
In her first Paramount film, Billie Burke plays Helen Wentworth, an heiress who's bored with the high life and decides to enjoy a bit of the low life.
- Date of release
- 1917-08-19
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Mystery
- Director
- J. Searle Dawley
Casting
- Billie Burke — Mavis Terry
- Thomas Meighan — Gordon True
- Walter Hiers — Freddie Bollen
- Gerald Oliver Smith — John Quig
- George A. Wright — Mr. Pennyquick
- Bessie Hearn — Clara Pennyquick
Interesting facts
The Mysterious Miss Terry is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film stars Billie Burke, who at the time was a famous stage actress, married to Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. This particular story was adapted special to the screen for Burke by writer Gelett Burgess. It is a lost film.
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