Sheltered Daughters

{{short description|1921 film by Edward Dillon}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Sheltered Daughters | image = Sheltered Daughters (1921) - 1.jpg | caption = Newspaper ad | director = Edward Dillon | producer = | writer = Clara Beranger, George Bronson Howard | narrator = | starring = | cinematography = George J. Folsey | editing = | studio = Realart Pictures | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1921|05|21}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = }} '''''Sheltered Daughters''''' is a 1921 American silent film directed by Edward Dillon, starring Justine Johnstone, Riley Hatch, Charles K. Gerrard and Warner Baxter.<ref name=TCM>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/500948/sheltered-daughters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322141940/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/500948/Sheltered-Daughters/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 22, 2014 |title=Sheltered Daughters |publisher=TCM|access-date=March 22, 2014}}</ref>

==Plot== Jim Dark is a police officer determined to shelter his daughter, Jenny, from the world and its evils. As a result, Jenny lives in a dream world, fascinated with Joan of Arc.<ref name=TCM /> She meets a man posing as a Frenchman who takes advantage of her and her naivete. He asks Jenny's help in collecting charity ostensibly for French orphans, all the while planning to pocket the money. Jenny's father, though, learns of the plot and intervenes before the outlaw can get away.<ref name="FilmDaily">{{cite journal |title=''Sheltered Daughters'': A Splendid Entertainment with a Strong Moral |journal=Film Daily |volume=16 |issue=52 |page=19 |publisher=Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc. |location=New York City |date=May 22, 1921 |url=https://archive.org/details/filmdailyvolume11516newy |accessdate=March 25, 2014}}</ref>

==Cast== *Justine Johnstone as Jenny Dark *Riley Hatch as Jim Dark, Her Father *Warner Baxter as Pep Mullins *Charles K. Gerrard as French Pete *Helen Ray as Adele *Edna Holland as Sonia *James Laffey as Cleghorn *Jimmie Lapsley as Pinky Porter *Dan E. Charles as The Ferret

==Preservation== With no prints of ''Sheltered Daughters'' located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.<ref>[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9102/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Sheltered Daughters'']</ref><ref name="silentera">{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/ShelteredDaughters1921.html|title=Progressive Silent Film List: ''Sheltered Daughters''|work=Silent Era|accessdate=March 21, 2024}}</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category}} *{{IMDb title|0012676}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheltered Daughters}} Category:1921 films Category:1921 American films Category:1921 comedy films Category:1921 English-language films Category:1921 lost films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American silent feature films Category:English-language comedy films Category:Films directed by Edward Dillon Category:Lost American silent comedy films