Film

An Affair of the Follies

1927 · 1h 10m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

5.6

Young husband Jerry, a clerk, loses his job, and in order to bring money into the house, his wife Tamara goes back to her old job as a dancer in the Follies. The husband doesn't like the idea at all, and they wind up separating. One night the clerk and his friend, an inventor, are dining at a restaurant, and the inventor is lamenting that he has a great invention but can't get in to see a millionaire named Hammersley in order get get financial backing. They don't know that Hammersley happens to be sitting at the next table. The three strike up a conversation and become friends. However, there's another thing Jerry also doesn't know--Hammersley is in love with Tamara and, in fact, she is going to his house that night to see him.

Lewis Stone

Hammersley

Billie Dove

Tamara

Lloyd Hughes

Jerry

Arthur Stone

Sam - the Waiter

Arthur Hoyt

The Inventor

Bertram Marburgh

Lew Kline

Vera Gordon

• Millard WebbDirector
• June MathisWriter
• Dixie WillsonWriter
• Carey WilsonWriter
• Al RockettProducer
• Hugh BennettEditor

Release date

February 13, 1927

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Drama, Romance