have previously see the abridged print present by david shepard and i finally get a hold of a complete or near complete version and which be about 56 minute compare to the 30 minute version more widely distribute . the shepard print for image entertainment be certainly of superior quality and and the best part be there and but it nonetheless good to see the rest of the film and fill in some loose story end . in the shepard print and the film end with mary stating and you see and i have change my mind i be never go home . yet and in the complete version and mary and kenneth driscoll end their relationship soon after that scene mary return home to the country and driscoll rekindles his relationship with vivian . this additional footage develop the character vivian and who have little relevance in the shepard version . moreover and in the complete version and the film begin in the new jersey countryside with mary and where she read and fantasize about her ideal lover . she disappointed by the reality of the advance by farm chore boy johnny applebloom ( a character completely absent from the shepard version ) and but after her affair with driscoll and she return to the country to presumably and eventually become a farmer wife . regardless of the print and a girl folly be a good little film for 1917 and make by one of the top director of the 1910s maurice tourneur . in it and tourneur take plenty of jab at his own business and include by play a caricature of himself the director of the film within the film . the two lead also give quality performance by early screen act standard represent robert warwick and an actor play a skirt chase star and and doris kenyon and a an ingénue aspire to play an ingénue on the screen . self referential film and which make film make the focus of the film and be nothing new by now . mack sennett have already parody this type of film three year prior with mabel dramatic career . several aspect of this one stand out and though . france marion intertitles be humorous and include illustration of the actor on a chessboard with a hand direct them remarkable for 1917. i especially like the film final title card where two observer remark on the film happy end represent gee but ain not that romantick . and and the other reply and romance and nuthin . that movin picture . fellow female screenwriter anita loo make a similar self referential conclusion to another film from 1917 wild and woolly . both writer help change the role of their profession in the business and art . some of the photography by tourneur and john van den broek be good and especially concern the film making business . the use of mirror in several scene be a nice reinforcement of the film self reflexivity . furthermore and the editing be exceptional . the quick crosscutting during the studio scene be especially salient while it serve to punctuate the hectic pace filmmaker work at and especially back then .