29 Oct 2004
2046
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Mannequin
Beautiful girls and gowns in a throbbing human interest story of "Humoresque" appeal by the same author.
Adapted from the Fannie Hurst story of the same name, Mannequin is the story of Joan Herrick, kidnapped in infancy from her wealthy parents and raised by a slatternly slum woman. The film is still extant.
Top Billed Cast
Warner Baxter John Herrick
Dolores Costello Joan Herrick
Alice Joyce Selene Herrick
Zasu Pitts Annie Pogani
Walter Pidgeon Martin Innesbrook
Freeman Wood Terry Allen
Charlotte Bird Toto
Josephine Adair Young Joan (uncredited)
Bess Flowers Mannequin (uncredited)
Marcia Mae Jones Joan Herrick as a baby (uncredited)
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