Splendid Folly is a 1919 British silent romance film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Manora Thew, Hayford Hobbs and Evelyn Harding. The film is set in Naples and was shot on location in Italy, and at Catford Studios in London. 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 opera singer.

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Cast

Manora Thew as Diana Quentin

Hayford Hobbs as Mr. Errington

Evelyn Harding as Adrienne de Gervais

Charles Vane as Baroni

Bert Wynne

Peggy Patterson

George Butler

Eileen McGrath

James English

References

Bibliography

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

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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

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