Polly of the Follies

Polly of the Follies is a 1922 American silent romantic comedy film starring Constance Talmadge, Horace Knight, and Thomas Carr.

[2][3] An intertitle from the trailer states that Talmadge plays "a stagestruck country girl who hits New York and strikes Ziegfeld for a job".

[4] The film is a romantic comedy, focusing on the love triangle between Bob Jones, Alysia Potter and Polly Meachum.

Originally engaged, Bob and Alysia elope to Bowling Green, Connecticut, where they meet Silas Meachum, a campaigner against motion pictures, and his daughter, Polly.

Polly goes to New York to join the Ziegfeld Follies, but is ultimately replaced by Alysia.

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